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gods, 26–27, 47

Greek, 181, 200–201, 212. 215

(see incest)

Judeo-Christian, 146, 168

Mesopotamian, 147–48, 151–55

Norse, 301–2

Roman, 259

Shakaru (North American), 491

Shakti (Indian), 339

shamans. See also priests

African, 406, 411–12

American, 442, 451–52

and, 12, 412

world, 395

Shamash (Mesopotamian), 143, 150

Shamhat (Mesopotamian), 154–55

Shang Di (Chinese), 368

Shango (African), 410, 427–30

shape-shifting gods, 281, 284, 307, 424, 451

She (Chinese), 376

Shem, 135

Shen Nong (Chinese), 374, 377

Shinto religion, 9, 385–87

Shiva, the Destroyer (Indian), 332, 337, 343–44

shoguns, Japanese, 385–86

Shu (Egyptian), 78, 79

Shun (Chinese), 377

sibling rivalries. See also twins

biblical, 81–82

Egyptian, 81–82

Mesopotamian, 150–51

myths and, 27

Sibyl, 202

sídh, 283

Sigurd or Siegfried (Norse), 1, 298, 306–8

Sin (Mesopotamian), 147–50

Sinn Féin, 288

Sisyphus, 210

Sita (Indian), 324, 347–48

Sitting Bull, 486

Skadi (Norse), 301

Skald (Norse), 298

sky gods

Norse, 300

North American, 484

Sky Woman (North American), 490–91

snakes

African myths, 417

Pacific Island myths, 505–6

Socrates, 25, 171, 186–87, 226

Solon, 186, 236

Soma (Indian), 334–36

Song of Hiawatha, The, 495–98

Song of Solomon (Song of Songs), 146

Sophocles, 186, 199, 239, 240

Soyinka, Wole, 398, 410

Spanish conquistadors, 10, 394, 467–69, 477

spells, Egyptian, 72

sphinx, Egyptian, 97–98

Sphinx, Greek, 240

Spiderman (North American), 488–89

Spider Woman (North American), 490

spiritual life, myths and, 16–17, 26–27. See also religions

stables, Augean, 224

stag, Arcadian, 223

Step Pyramid of Djoser, 95, 100–101

Stonehenge, 279–80

storytellers. See oral traditions

Strabo, 277

Stymphalian birds, 224

sub-Saharan Africa, 404–7, 413–15. See also African myths

Sucellus (Celtic), 278, 282

Sudras, 328

suicide, 9, 385

Sukuna-Biko (Japanese), 390

Sulis (Celtic), 273–74

Sumerian civilization, 132–36, 160.

See also Mesopotamian myths sun gods

American, 449

Egyptian, 75–76, 79–80, 82–85, 101–2

Greek, 202–3

Incan, 480

Indian, 336

Japanese, 387–88

Mesopotamian, 143 supreme being

African, 409

American, 449

myths, religion, and, 48–49

Surya (Indian), 336

Susano or Susanowo (Japanese), 387, 389–91

suttee practice, Indian, 343

swamps, Mesopotamian creation myths and, 131–33

swastika symbol, 319

swords

King Arthur’s, 293

Sigurd’s, 306–7

symposia, Greek, 181, 200, 216

Syrinx (Greek), 213

Táin Bó Cúailnge, 263, 275–76, 285–88

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

Tang Di Yao (Chinese), 378

Tantalus (Greek), 210

Taoism, 362–63, 382–84

Tao Te Ching, 382–84

Taranis (Celtic), 282, 305

Tartarus (Greek), 195, 210

Taweret (Egyptian), 94

Tefnut (Egyptian), 78, 79

Telemachus, 249–50

temples

Indian, 329–30

Mesopotamian, 126–29

Tenochtitlán (Aztec), 10, 464, 465, 467–68

Terminus (Roman), 253

Tethys (Greek), 195

Tezcatlipoca (Aztec), 473

Thanatos (Greek), 209

Theagenes, 33

Theia (Greek), 195

thematic perspectives, 11–12

Themis (Greek), 195

theocracy of Greek, 187–90

Chinese, 368–69

Egyptian myths and, 61–63, 67–68

Incan, 476

Japan’s first divine emperor, 384–86

Mesopotamian, 125

and, 12

Theodosius, 58–59, 81

Theogony, 19, 192, 191, 194, 216

Theseus (Greek), 224, 234–37

Thor (Norse), 1, 305–6

Thoth (Egyptian), 76, 96–97

Thrall (Norse), 302–3

three sovereigns, Chinese, 375–76, 377

Three Wise Men or Three Kings, Persian, 169–70

Thugs, 341

Ti (Chinese), 376

Tiamat (Mesopotamian), 135, 138–39, 140–42, 149–50

Tiberinus (Roman), 253

Tigris River, 123

timelines. See milestones

Tirawa (North American), 491

Titans (Greek), 195–96, 214

Tlaloc (Aztec), 467, 473–74

Tlazolteotl (Aztec), 474

Tobadzastsini (North American), 489–90

Tolkien, J. R. R., 296, 306

totems, 452–53

Tower of Babel, 122, 160–63

tragedy. See drama, Greek trickster gods

African, 5, 410–11, 422–27

American, 5, 450–51, 488–89

Mesopotamian, 158

and, 5, 27

world, 395

Norse, 303–4

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