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Amma (African), 418–19, 426

Ammut (Egyptian), 92, 93

Amun (Egyptian), 77, 84

Analects of Confucius, The, 379, 381

Anansi (African), 410, 423–24

Anat (Mesopotamian), 166–67

ancestor worship, 410, 505

Andromeda (Greek), 221

animals. See also bulls; dragons; snakes

African myths, 422–27

American myths, 450, 490–91

Br’er Rabbit stories, 5, 410–11, 426

Egyptian myths, 97–98

fables, 31–32

of, 16, 45, 367, 430

animism, 41

ankh symbol, 107, 113

An or Anu (Mesopotamian), 138, 144–45, 155

Anubis (Egyptian), 82, 85–86, 93–94

Ao (Chinese), 375

Apep (Egyptian), 73, 81

Aphrodite (Greek), 148, 182, 196, 200–201, 206, 211, 246

Apis bull (Egyptian), 97

Apollo (Greek and Roman), 88, 189, 202–3, 244

Apollodorus, 199, 251

Apollonius of Rhodes, 226

Apophis (Egyptian), 73, 81

apples, Halloween and, 291

apples of the Hesperides, 225

Apsu (Mesopotamian), 138, 145, 146

Arachne (Greek), 204–5

Arcadian stag, 223

archaeology

Celtic myths and, 273–74

Indian myths and, 324–25

Kennewick man, 440, 500

and, 35–37

female forms, 141

Schliemann’s discovery of Troy, 37–38, 184, 247–48

archaic triad (Roman), 252

archetypes, myths and, 16, 31, 48–49

Ares (Greek), 203, 212

Argonauts (Greek), 35, 226–30

Argus (Greek), 2–3

Ariadne (Greek), 235

Aristotle, 233, 236

Arjuna (Indian), 323, 346–47

armpit creation story, 299–300

art

African, 406

Greek, 181, 186, 208

Mesopotamian, 134

world myths and, 396

Artemis (Greek), 203–4

Arthur, legend of King, 28–29, 235, 293–95

Aryans, 252, 318–19

Asclepius (Greek), 221, 228–30

Asgard (Norse), 299–300

Asherah (Mesopotamian), 166

Ashoka, 351

Ashurbanipal, 134, 137, 145, 156

Asian myths, 309–11. See also Chinese myths; Indian myths; Japanese myths

Assyrian Empire, 134, 156, 161

Astarte (Mesopotamian), 148

Atahensic (North American), 488

Atahualpa, 477

Aten (Egyptian), 107–8

Atharva-Veda, 321

atheistic religions, 45

Athena (Greek), 179, 182, 204–5, 221

Athens, 181, 186

Atlantis (Greek), 25–26, 231–34

Atlas (Greek), 197

Atrahasis (Mesopotamian), 158

Atum (Egyptian), 76, 77–78

Augean stables, 224

Australian myths, 393–96, 501–3, 504–6

avatars (Indian), 333, 344–45

Ayars (Incan), 478–79

Aztec myths, 464–74. See also American myths

Day of the Dead holiday, 469–70

gods, 470–74

sacrifice and, 465–67

Mexico and, 7, 464

Spanish conquerors as gods, 467–69

Baal (Mesopotamian), 31, 129, 148, 165–67. See also Marduk (Mesopotamian)

Babylon, 125, 128–29, 135–36, 152, 160–63. See also Mesopotamian myths

Babylonian Empire, 135–36, 160–63

Bacchanalia holiday, 206, 257–61

Bacchus (Roman), 206–9, 259

Badbh (Celtic), 284

Balder (Norse), 300–301

ball game, Mayan, 459–62

baptism, 45

basket themes, 254

Bast or Bastet (Egyptian), 94

Beelzebub, 167

beer

Egyptian, 65

Incan, 475, 478

Indian soma, 334–35

Mesopotamian, 133

Bel (Mesopotamian), 31, 129, 148, 165–67. See also Marduk (Mesopotamian)

Belenus (Celtic), 280–81

belief, myths and, 17, 43–45

Beltane festival, 280–81, 291–92

benben stone, 78, 101–102

Benten (Japanese), 388

Berserkers (Norse), 305

Bes (Egyptian), 94

bhakti yoga, 340

Bhagavad-Gita, 46, 313, 317, 345–47

Bible. See also Judeo-Christian religion

Abraham in, 163–64

Babylon in, 31, 116, 124, 129, 146, 152, 162–63

Canaan in, 165–67

Egyptian influence, 112

Greek version, 251

Genesis creation myth, 11, 46, 74–75, 122, 137–38, 156, 163, 168

Leviathan in, 149–50

Lilith in, 168

challenges to, 38–42, 137

Noah flood story, 38–40, 157–60

Palestine and Philistines, 165

Paul in, 257–58

of, 45

stories of, 46

Samson and Heracles, 223

Shem and semite term, 135

rivalries, 81–82

Song of Solomon (Song of Songs), 146

Tower of Babel, 160–63

Bingham, Hiram, 475, 478

birds, Stymphalian, 224

boar, Erymanthian, 223

Bobbi-bobbi (Pacific Islands), 506

bodhi or bo tree, 349

Book of Changes, 353, 365, 367–68, 375, 381

Book of Invasions, 275

Book of the Dead. See Egyptian Book of the Dead, The

Bragi (Norse), 301

Brahma, the