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Nambi (African), 421–22

Nana-Buluku (African), 417, 421

Nanna (Mesopotamian), 147–50

Nanna (Norse), 301

Nantosuelta (Celtic), 281–82

Narasimha (Indian), 344

Narcissus (Greek), 241

National Museum of the American Indian, 447–48

Native American myths. See American myths; North American myths

natural world. See also science

African myths and, 408–12

Celtic myths and, 271–72, 276–79

myths and, 10–12, 33, 40–41

North American myths and, 483–84

Naunet (Egyptian), 76

navel concept, 136, 189, 237, 476

Nayenezgani (North American), 489–90

Nazi Germany, 8, 318–19

Negative Confession (Egyptian), 90–91

Neith (Egyptian), 95–96

Nemean lion, 222–23

Nemhain (Celtic), 284

Nephthys (Egyptian), 82, 85–86, 93

Neptune (Roman), 214

Nessus (Greek), 223, 226

new world myths, 14–15, 393–96. See also African myths; American myths; Pacific Island myths;

New Year celebrations, 128, 139–40, 153

New Zealand, 501–3

’Ngai (African), 421–22

Nigeria, 397, 409–10, 420, 424–25

Nihongi, 387

Nike (Greek), 203

Nile River, 63–70

Nineveh, 38–39, 134, 137, 156

Ninhursaga or Ninki or Nintur (Mesopotamian), 147, 149, 158

Ninlil (Mesopotamian), 167–68

Ninurta (Mesopotamian), 149

Nippur, 132

Njord (Norse), 301

Nkuba (African), 417

Noah flood story, 38–40, 157–60

Noble Eightfold Path, Buddhist, 350–51

nomes and nomarchs (Egyptian), 75, 92, 106

Norse myths, 295–308. See also Celtic myths

creation myth, 299–300

gods, 300–306

milestones, 266–68

Sigurd, 306–8

Vikings and, 295–98

North American myths, 481–501. See also American myths

characteristics of, 27, 481–86

gods, 488–92

of, 10, 498–501

Sedna, 492–94

The Song of Hiawatha and, 495–98

Nuadu or Nudd (Celtic), 284

Nü Gua or Nü Kua or Nu Wa (Chinese), 369, 371–73, 374, 377

Nun (Egyptian), 75, 76, 77

Nut (Egyptian), 79–82

Nyame (African), 409, 422, 424

nymphs (Greek), 208

Nyx (Greek), 195

Obatala (African), 409–10, 428

Oceanus (Greek), 195

Odin (Norse), 296, 299–300, 304–5

Oduduwa (African), 409–10, 428

Odysseus, 1, 248–51

Odyssey, The, 1, 4, 24, 181, 195, 203, 214, 241–45, 248–51, 255–57

Oedipus (Greek), 47, 239–41

Ogdoad (Egyptian), 76

Oisin (Norse), 289–90

O-kuni-nushi (Japanese), 390

Olmec civilization, 457–62

Olorun or Olodumare and Olokun (African), 409–10, 428–29

Olympians (Greek), 196–216

Olympic Games, 59, 179, 189

Ometecuhtli or Ometeotl (Aztec), 472

omphalos. See navel concept

One Hunahpu (Mayan), 457, 460

Oppenheimer, Robert, 317

oracles. See also divination

Greek, 189, 237–39

Chinese, 365–69

Egyptian, 97

Mesopotamian, 127–28

oral traditions. See also history

African, 406–7, 413–15

American, 447

Celtic, 274

new world, 395

Orisha and orishis, 409, 428–30

Orpheus (Greek), 211

Osiris (Egyptian), 27, 42, 64, 80–82, 85–87, 92, 93

outcast term, 328

Ovid, 199, 201, 219–20, 229, 234, 241

O-wata-tsumi (Japanese), 390

Pachacuti (Incan), 477–78

Pacific Island myths, 393–96, 501–6

Aborigines and Dreamtime, 504–6

creation myths, 503–4

milestones, 502–3

pagans, 14, 35

Pah (North American), 491

Palestine and Philistines, 165

Pan (Greek), 213

Pandora (Greek), 192, 211, 217–19

Panku or Pan Gu (Chinese), 371, 377

pantheism, Celtic, 278

pantheons. See godspapyrus, 63

parades, 189

paradise, Mesopotamian, 147

Parashurama (Indian), 344–45

pariahs, 329

Paris (Greek), 27, 243–45, 246

Parthenon, 179, 205

Parvati (Indian), 342–43

Pauahtun (Mayan), 463

Paul (Judeo-Christian), 200, 257–58, 270

Pegasus (Greek), 221

Persephone (Greek), 205–6

Perseus, 30, 221

Persian Empire, 186

Persian magi, 169–70

personal unconscious, 48

peyote, 499–500

Phaedrus, 31

Phaeton (Greek), 202

pharaohs, Egyptian, 61–62, 70, 105–6

philosophy, Greek, 186–87, 190

Phobos (Greek), 203

Phoebus (Greek). See Apollo (Greek)

Phoenicians, 165, 183, 185

Pillars of Hercules, 225, 232

pipestone, 482

Pizarro, Francisco, 477

planets, 492–94

Plato, 25, 171, 186, 231–34

Plutarch, 88–89, 260

Pluto (Roman), 209–11, 494

Poetic Edda, 264, 298, 306

polis, Greek, 185–86

pollution concept,