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Hanuman (Indian), 347

Hapy (Egyptian), 94

Harappan civilization, 324–25

Hare (African), 5, 410–11, 414

Harris, Joel Chandler, 411, 426

hatha yoga, 340

Hathor (Egyptian), 94–95

Hauhet (Egyptian), 76–77

Havva, 10

Hawaii, 501, 503

healers. See shamans

hearts, ritual weighing of, 90–93

Hebe (Greek), 212, 226

Hebrew myths. See Judeo-Christian religion

Hecatonchires (Greek), 195, 197

Hector (Greek), 244

Heh (Egyptian), 76–77

Heimdall (Norse), 302–3

Hel (Norse), 7, 301, 303

Helen of Troy (Greek), 27, 216, 243–44, 246–47

Heliopolis, 77–78, 79, 83–84

Helios (Greek), 202, 203

Hell (Judeo-Christian), 7, 209

Hellene (Greek), 220

Hephaestus (Greek), 76, 203, 211, 212, 217

Hera (Greek), 2, 27, 185, 193, 207, 211–12, 215, 222

Heracles or Hercules (Greek), 198, 212, 221–27

Hermaphroditus (Greek), 201

Hermes (Greek), 2, 76, 201, 207, 212–13, 228

Herodotus, 63, 77, 99, 128, 186

heroes, myths and, 26–27, 378–79

Hesiod, 19, 191–93, 199, 216, 218–19

Hesperides, apples of the, 225

Hestia (Greek), 185, 213–14

heterae (Greek), 200

Hiawatha, 495–98

hieroglyphics

Aztec and Maya, 447

Egyptian, 36, 66, 71–72

Mayan, 455–56

Hina (Pacific Island), 503

Hinduism. See Indian myths

Hinun (North American), 488

Hippocrates, 171, 230–31

Hippolyta, girdle of, 224–25

history. See also milestones

Abraham, 163–64

Celtic myths, 272–76

Chinese myths, 361–64

Delphic Oracle, 238

of Troy, 37–38

Egyptian myths, 70–74

Gilgamesh, 156–57

Greek myths, 179–82

Homer, 242

Imhotep, 95

Indian myths, 317–25

King Arthur, 294–95

and, 28

Mayan myths, 453–54

Mesopotamian myths, 13, 117–18, 122–26, 129–31, 133–34, 156–57

Moses, 109–10

as historical allegory, 34–37, 156–57

Noah’s flood, 159

Norse myths, 295–98

oral (see oral traditions)

of myths in, 8–9, 12–15, 111–13

Trojan War, 247–48

Hitler, Adolf, 8, 318–19

Hod (Norse), 301

holidays

Aztec, 469–70

Christmas (see Christmas)

Greek, 189

Halloween (see Halloween)

May Day, 291–92

Mesopotamian New Year, 128, 139–40, 153

myths and, 5–6

new world myths and, 396

Holy Grail, 8, 29, 283, 293

Holy Trinity, 278

Homer, 1, 24, 26, 37–38, 181, 191–93, 199, 226, 241–45, 255–57

homosexuality, 155, 216

horned gods, 281

horse of Diomede, 224

horses, North Americans and, 483

Horus (Egyptian), 27, 86, 87–88, 95, 105, 113

Hou I or Hou Yi (Chinese), 378–79

Hou T’ou (Chinese), 376

Huai-nan Tzu, 354

Huang Di or Huang-Ti (Chinese), 374, 376

Huang Shang-Ti (Chinese), 376

Huitzilopochtli (Aztec), 465, 467, 471

human evolution, 405

humanism, Greek, 180–81, 190

human sacrifice

Aztecs and, 465–67, 473, 474

Celtic, 276–79, 282

Chinese, 366

Egyptian, 100

Greek, 188, 210, 220

Incan, 476

Indian myths and, 7–8, 341

Jewish rejection of, 164

Mayan, 459–62

Mesopotamian, 145, 153

and, 8, 16

Norse, 297

Humbaba (Mesopotamian), 155

Hunab (Mayan), 462

Hunahpu (Mayan), 457, 460–62

Huracan (Mayan), 456

Hyacinth (Greek), 202–3

Hydra, Lernean, 223

Hyksos kings, Egyptian, 69–70

Hyperion (Greek), 195

Icarus, 235

I Ching, 353, 365, 367–68, 375, 381

Idun (Norse), 303

Ifa (African), 425

Igaluk (North American), 488

Iktome or Ik-to-mi (North American), 488–89

Iliad, 37–38, 181, 241–45, 255–57

Imana (African), 420

Imbolc festival, 282

Imhotep (Egyptian), 95

immaculate conception, Aztec, 471

immortality, 155, 157, 303

Inanna (Mesopotamian), 41–42, 89, 128, 135, 145, 148, 150–54, 166

Inari (Japanese), 388–89

Incan myths, 475–81. See also American myths

of Machu Picchu, 475–78

myth, 478–79

gods, 479–81

incest. See also sexuality

Chinese, 372–73

Egyptian, 89–90

Incan, 479

Japanese, 387–88

Mesopotamian, 147

Indian (term), 441

Indian myths, 313–52

avatars, 333

Buddhism, Jainism, and, 9, 348–52

creation myths, 331–33

gods, 334–45

Mahabharata, Bhagavad-Gita, and, 345–47

Indian history and, 7–8, 309–11, 317–30

milestones, 315–16

Rama and Ramayana, 347–48

Rig-Veda, 40, 45

Indo-European languages, 252, 318, 321