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fairy tales, myths vs., 32

Falun Gong, 364

Faunus (Roman), 213, 253

Feather Woman (North American), 10

females. See women

Fenian Cycle (Celtic), 275–76, 288–92

Fenrir (Norse), 303, 304

Feralia (Roman), 291

Fergus (Celtic), 287

fertility rites, 41–42

fetishes (African), 412

fiction, myth as, 24–25

films

Chinese, 364

and, 3–5

world myths and, 396

Fionn Cycle (Celtic), 275–76, 288–92

Five Classics (Chinese), 362–63, 367, 370, 381–82

flooding, Nile River, 63–70

flood stories

Aztec, 472

Chinese, 362, 372–73

Greek, 219–20

Indian, 333

Incan, 480

Mayan, 456–57

Mesopotamian and Judeo-Christian, 38–40, 123, 147, 156–60

Norse, 299

folktales, myths vs., 26, 32

food, African myths and, 413–14

fortune-telling. See divination

foundation myths, 12. See also creation myths

four Ao (Chinese), 375

Four Books (Chinese), 382

Frazer, Sir James George, 16, 20, 41–42

Frea (Norse), 301–2

freshwater, Mesopotamian, 131–33, 145–47

Freud, Sigmund, 16, 47–48, 108, 151, 239–40

Freyja (Norse), 301, 304, 305

Freyr or Frey (Norse), 301–2

Frigg (Norse), 301–2

Fu Hsi or Fu Xi (Chinese), 368, 372–73, 374

funerary literature, 71–74

fusion religions. See also religions

Santeria and Voodoo, 6, 396, 410, 425, 427–30, 445, 500

Shinto, 386–87

Gaia movement, 141

Gaia or Ge or Gaea (Greek), 195–96

Ganesha or Ganesh (Indian), 323, 340

Ganga (Indian), 329, 333, 340–41

Ganges River, 45, 326, 329–30, 340–41

Ganymede (Greek), 216

Gautama, Siddhartha, 348–51

Geb (Egyptian), 79–82

Genesis creation myth, 11, 46, 74–75, 122, 137–38, 156, 163, 168. See also Bible

Geoffrey of Monmouth, 29, 279, 294–95

geographic perspectives, 11

Germanic myths. See Norses myths

Geryon, cattle of, 225

ghost dance (North American), 485–86

Gia-Fu Feng, 382

Gilgamesh, 38–40, 153–60

Gilgamesh (poem), 13, 38–40, 134, 152–60

girdle of Hippolyta, 224–25

Glooskap or Gluskap (North American), 487–88

gods

African, 409–10, 418–27

Aztec, 470–74

in, 45

Chinese, 374–79

Egyptian, 78–82, 93–97

Goddess movement, 41–42, 140–42, 309

Greek and Roman, 199–216

Incan, 479–81

Japanese, 387–91

Mayan, 462–63

Mesopotamian, 126–29, 144–50

and, 25–28

Norse, 300–306

North American, 488–92

theme, 16, 41–42, 89, 147, 206, 208–9, 472–73

sexuality of, 26–27, 47 (see also sexuality)

shifting, 281, 284, 307, 424, 451

sun (see sun gods)

Golden Bough, The, 16, 20, 41–42

Golden Fleece, Jason and the (Greek), 35, 226–28

gold ring story (Norse), 306–8

Gong Gong (Chinese), 373, 377

gospel, myth as, 25

government. See democracy; kleptocracy; monarchy; rulers; theocracy

Great Ennead family (Egyptian), 78–82

Great Mother

African, 11

American, 449–50, 484, 491

Celtic, 274

Chinese, 378–79

Egyptian, 81, 88, 95–96, 113

Goddess worship and, 41–42

Greek, 185, 211–12, 215

Mesopotamian, 140–42

Norse, 302

Virgin Mary, 88

Great Pyramid, 99–103

Great Seal of the United States, 104–5

Great Sphinx, 97–98

Great Spirit (American), 449

Great Wall of China, 361

Greek myths, 171–261

of theocracy, 187–90

Asclepius, 228–30

Atlantis, 231–34

myths, 194–98

Delphic Oracle, 237–39

influences, 88–89, 182–87

gods, 199–216

Greek history and, 179–82

Hesiod, Homer, and, 191–93

Hippocrates, 230–31

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, 241–45

Jason and the Golden Fleece, 35, 226–28

of Heracles (Hercules), 222–26

milestones, 175–78

Odysseus, 248–51

Oedipus, 47, 239–41

Pandora, 218–19

Perseus and Medusa, 30, 221

Promotheus, 216–18

Roman myths as, 251–54 (see also Roman myths)

Theseus and the Minotaur, 234–37

Trojan War, 245–48

Zeus and flood story, 219–20

Guan Di (Chinese), 375

guardian spirits (African), 410

Gucumatz (Aztec), 472

Gunnodyak (North American), 488

Gupta Empire, 330, 351

Hachiman (Japanese), 388

Hades (Greek), 205–6, 209–11, 225–26

Hahgwedhdiyu and Hahgwedaetgan (North American), 488

Halloween

Celtic Samhain festival and, 290–92

Día del los Muertos and, 5, 469–70

Hamilton, Edith, 172, 180

Hammurabi,