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Culhwhc and Olwen story (Celtic), 293

cuneiform, Mesopotamian, 132–34

Cupid. See Eros (Greek)

currency, pyramids on U. S., 104–5

Cuzco or Cusco (Incan), 475–76

Cybele (Mesopotamian), 148, 207, 260

Cyclopes (Greek), 195, 197, 250

Daedulus (Greek), 234–36

Daghda (Celtic), 283, 293

Daksha (Indian), 343

Dalits, 328–29

Damkina (Mesopotamian), 138, 146

Danaë (Greek), 221

Dana or Danu (Celtic), 275, 283

dancing (North American), 484–86

Daphne (Greek), 202

Day of the Dead, 291, 469–70

Da Yu (Chinese), 379

death. See also afterlife

African myths, 411, 418, 420, 421–22

Aztec myths, 469–70, 471–72

Egyptian myths, 64, 71–74, 80, 85–87

Greek myths, 205–6, 209–11

immortality, 155, 157, 303

Japanese myths, 389

Mayan myths, 463

Pacific Island myths, 503–4

suicide, 9, 385

deer, Ceryneian, 223

Deganawida, 497

Deianira (Greek), 226

Deimos (Greek), 203

deities. See gods

Delphic Oracle (Greek), 19, 189, 202, 237–41

deluge stories. See flood stories

Demeter (Greek), 88, 185, 205–6

democracy

Greek, 179–80, 187–90, 236–37

Iroquois Confederacy, 497–98

Mesopotamian, 132

desert, Egyptian, 63–70

destruction theme, 395–96

Deucalion (Greek), 220

Devi (Indian), 333, 339, 341, 342

Devil’s Tower controversy, 498–99

dharma (Indian), 327–28, 346–47

Día de los Muertos, El, 5, 291, 469–70

Diana (Roman), 203–4

Diarmuid, 289

Dido, 256

Diomede, horse of, 224

Dionysus (Greek), 187, 206–9

divination. See also oracles

Celtic, 278

Chinese, 365–69

Greek, 189

Mesopotamian, 127–28

Roman, 253

divinities. See gods

Djehuty (Egyptian), 76, 96–97

Dodona oracle (Greek), 189

Donar (Norse), 305

Don’t Know Much About series, 13–14, 111

dragons

dragon bones as oracles, 365

Egyptian, 81

Incan, 480

Indian, 335

Japanese, 388, 391

Mesopotamian, 149–50, 166

and, 30–31

Norse, 1

St. George and, 30

drama, Greek, 181, 186, 208

dreams, myths and, 47

Dreamtime, Aborigines and, 504–6

Druids, 269–80. See also Celtic myths

Duat (Egyptian), 80, 81

Dumuzi (Mesopotamian), 41–42, 89, 145–46, 148, 150–51, 206

Durga (Indian), 339–40

Dxui (African), 419

dying and reborn god theme. See resurrection theme

Ea (Mesopotamian), 126, 138, 144–45, 146–47, 157–58

Earth Diver (American), 450, 484

earth gods (Norse), 300

Earth Mother (American), 449–50, 484. See also Great Mother

Earth Woman (North American), 491

Easter Island, 501

Eastern vs. Western mythologies, 14–15, 309–11

Eastre (Anglo-Saxon), 6

Eddas, Norse, 298

Egypt, name of, 75–76

Egyptian Book of the Dead, The, 51, 73–74, 90–91

Egyptian myths, 51–113

Egypt and, 12, 60–61

in, 97–98

myths, 74–78

gods, 42, 78–82, 93–97

evidence, 70–74

of, 111–13

Isis, 87–90

Judeo-Christian religion and, 13–14, 89–90

milestones, 54–59

monotheism, 107–11

Nile River and, 63–70

Osiris, 27, 85–87

pyramids and, 99–105

Re, 82–85

weighing of hearts, 90–93

Rosetta Stone and, 36

theocracy, 61–63, 105–6

Eileithyia (Greek), 212

El (Mesopotamian), 165–67

Elder Edda, 264, 298, 306

Electra complex, 240

Elgin Marbles, 205

Ellil (Mesopotamian), 147, 158

emperors. See also

Japanese, 384–87

Roman, 254

English language, 6–7

Enki (Mesopotamian), 126, 138, 144–45, 146–47, 157–58

Enkidu monster, 154–55

enlightenment, 348–51

Enlil (Mesopotamian), 147, 158

Enuma Elish, 115, 136–40, 158

Epimetheus (Greek), 218

Epona (Celtic), 281, 293

Erasmus, Desiderius, 219

Erebus (Greek), 195, 210

Eridu, 131

Eris (Greek), 246

Eros (Greek), 179, 195, 200–201

Erymanthian boar, 223

Eshu (African), 410–11, 424–25

Etana of Kish, 132

ethics, Greek, 190. See also morals

ethnic religions, 408

Eucharist, 11

euhemerism, 34–37, 156–57

Euphrates River, 123, 131

Euripides, 186, 199, 208, 226, 228

Europe, 10, 280–82, 443–48

Eurydice, 211

Eve (Judeo-Christian), 10, 168

evidence, historical. See history

evolution, human, 405

explanatory myths, 10–12, 23–27, 33–34, 40–41. See also creation myths

Fa (African), 425

fables, myths vs., 31–32

Fafnir dragon (Norse), 1,