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p. xxix

	PAGE
EGYPTIAN
OSIRIS AND ISIS	3
RÊ, HIS GOING-DOWN AND UPRISING	7
BABYLONIAN
IN THE BEGINNING	17
GILGAMISH	19
THE STORY OF UTA-NAPISHTIM AND OF THE DELUGE THAT DESTROYED ALL THAT WAS ON THE EARTH	27
ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO THE WORLD BELOW	33
PERSIAN
JAMSHĪD THE RESPLENDENT	41
JEWISH POST-CHRISTIAN PERIOD
THE ANGELS AND THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN	53
THE CONFOUNDING OF THE ANGEL OF DEATH	55
GREEK
IN THE BEGINNING	61
PROMETHEUS	64
PANDORA	67
DEMETER	73
ORPHEUS	80
DIONYSOS	83
APOLLO	86
HERAKLES	83
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ROMAN
THE CHILDREN OF MARS	107
NUMA THE LAW-GIVER	114
THE SIBYL	117
POMONA AND VERTUMNUS	119
GRÆCO-ROMAN
CUPID AND PSYCHE	125
CELTIC
IRISH--MIDIR AND ETAIN	141
THE DEATH OF CONAIRE MÓR, THE KING OF IRELAND	145
THE VOYAGE OF BRAN TO THE LAND OF THE IMMORTALS	152
WELSH--PWYLL, PRINCE OF DYFED AND HIS VISIT TO ANNWFN, THE REALM OF FAËRIE	158
MATH, THE SON OF MATHONWY	162
FINNISH
LEMMINKAINEN, HIS DESTRUCTION AND HIS RESTORATION TO LIFE	179
ICELANDIC
IN THE BEGINNING	187
THE BUILDING OF THE WALL	190
MIMIR	194
BALDR	195
LOKI'S PUNISHMENT	202
THE CHILDREN OF LOKI	204
RAGNA RÖK, THE FATE OF THE GODS	208
INDIAN
VEDIC--THE HEAVENLY NYMPH AND HER MORTAL HUSBAND	215
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EPIC--THE CHURNING OF THE OCEAN	218
THE BIRTH OF THE GANGES	220
SĀVITRĪ AND THE LORD OF THE DEAD
DAMAYANTĪ'S CHOICE	228
BUDDHIST--GOTAMA'S ATTAINMENT	231
CHINESE
IN THE BEGINNING	237
THE WEAVER MAIDEN AND THE HERDSMAN	239
JAPANESE
THE SUN GODDESS AND THE STORM GOD AND THE STRIFE THERE WAS BETWEEN THEM	245
THE FIRST PEOPLE	248
POLYNESIAN
NEW ZEALAND--IN THE BEGINNING	253
NEW ZEALAND AND HAWAII--MA-UI THE FIRE-BRINGER	254
HOW MA-UI STROVE TO WIN IMMORTALITY FOR ALL CREATURES	260
PE-LE, HAWAII'S GODDESS OF VOLCANIC FIRE	261
PERUVIAN
VIRACOCHA	275
THE LLAMA-HERDER AND THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN	279
CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN
IN THE BEGINNING	285
THE TWIN HEROES AND THE LORDS OF XIBALBA	289
QUETZALCOATL	298
QUETZALCOATL'S ENEMY	300
THE GODS OF THE AZTECA	302
THE AZTECA	305
ZUÑI
PAÍYATUMA AND THE MAIDENS OF THE CORN	311
INDEX	319

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