Critical survey of mythology and folklore: World mythology

The Americas. Mesoamerica. The Azteca / Micah Issitt

The Aztec Creation Myth / Micah Issitt

The Birth of the War God / Micah Issitt

Cihuacóatl as Warrior / Jack Ewing

The Creation of Music / Micah Issitt

Hunahpú and Xbalanqué / Jack Ewing

Legend of the Fifth Sun / Jack Ewing

The Lords of Xibalba / Jack Ewing

The Maya Creation Myth / Adam Berger, Michael P. Auerbach.

North America. The Fight with the Water Monster / Michael P. Auerbach

George Washington: I Cannot Tell a Lie / Mason Locke Weems ; Ashleigh Imus

The Girl Who Married a Gnome / Sally Driscoll

How Jack O'Lanterns Came to Be / Zora Neale Hurston ; Patrick G. Cooper

Iroquois Creation Story / Sally Driscoll

John Henry: The Steel Driving Man / S.E. Schlosser ; Sally Driscoll

La Llorona, Omen of Death / Micah Issitt

The Legend of Joaquín Murrieta / Jack Ewing

Legend of the Buffalo Dance / Mark S. Joy

Ottawa Creation Story / Mark S. Joy

Paíyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn / Michael P. Auerbach

Raven Steals Daylight from the Sky / Sally Driscoll

Sedna, Goddess of the Sea / Sally Driscoll

Shaman Isaac Tens / R.C. Lutz

Sioux Creation Story / Mark S. Joy

Talk Concerning the First Beginning / Michael P. Auerbach

Wunzh / Sally Driscoll.

South America. Amalivaca / John Pritchard

The Boy Who Rose to the Sky / Adam Berger

How Evils Befell Mankind / John Pritchard

How the Jaguar Lost His Fire / John Pritchard

The Men from the Sea / R.C. Lutz

The Monkey's Exploit / Micah Issitt

Origin of Living Creatures / Michael P. Auerbach

The Rod of Gold / Adam Berger

Uitoto Creation Story / Adam Berger

Viracocha / Adam Berger

A Young Man and the Star / John Pritchard.

The Pacific. Oceania. Birth of Sea and Land Life / R.C. Lutz

Borah of Byamee / Patrick G. Cooper

Bram-Bram-Bult / Patrick G. Cooper

The Children of Heaven and Earth / Patrick G. Cooper

Dream of Haumaka / R.C. Lutz

Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa / Michael P. Auerbach

Mataora's Visit to Hawaiki / Patrick G. Cooper

The Polynesian Creation Myth / Michael P. Auerbach

The Samoan Story of Creation / Michael P. Auerbach

Seven Sisters / Patrick G. Cooper

The Two Sorcerers / Patrick G. Cooper

What Makes the Waves / Patrick G. Cooper.

Africa. Sub-Sahara Africa. The Daughter of Sun and Moon / Michael P. Auerbach

The Gods Descend from Heaven / Michael P. Auerbach

How Beasts and Serpents First Came into the World / Michael P. Auerbach

The Sacrifice of Mórimi / Michael P. Auerbach

The Slave Called the World / R.C. Lutz

Thunder and Anansi / Michael P. Auerbach

The Thunder Bride / Michael P. Auerbach.

Egypt. Amen-Ra, the God of Empire / T. Fleischmann

The Battle of Horus and Set / Jack Ewing

The Bentresh Stela / Haley Blum

The Boat of Ra / Jack Ewing

The Book of Thoth / T. Fleischmann

The Egyptian Creation Myth / Michael P. Auerbach

The Gods of Egypt / T. Fleischmann

Horus and the City of Pe / T. Fleischmann

Instruction of Amenemhet / Haley Blum

Isis and the Seven Scorpions / T. Fleischmann

The Island of Enchantment / Jack Ewing

The Name of Ra / Haley Blum

The Rise of Amen / Jack Ewing

The Tale of Sinuhe / Haley Blum

The Two Brothers / Jack Ewing

The Victory of Sinuhe / Haley Blum.

Asia. West Asia. Ahura Mazda and the Battle between Good and Evil / John Pritchard

The Baal Myth from Ugarit / R.C. Lutz

The Burning Bush / Judy Johnson

The Creation and Fall / Judy Johnson

The Nursemaid of Rostam / R.C. Lutz

Pharaoh's Dreams / T. Fleischmann

Samson the Judge / T. Fleischmann

The Story of Job / Judy Johnson

The Tower of Babel / Ashleigh Imus.

Mesopotamia. Before All Befores / John Pritchard

The Birth of the Great Gods and Goddesses / Michael P. Auerbach

The Creation of Enkidu / R.C. Lutz

The Death of Enkidu / T. Fleischmann

The Death of Gilgameš / T. Fleischmann

Enki and Ninhursaĝa / John Pritchard

Enuma elish , the Babylonian Creation Myth / T. Fleischmann

Etana, King of Kish / John Pritchard

Inana and Šu-kale-tuda / Patrick G. Cooper

Inana's Descent / Patrick G. Cooper

The Journey of Nanna to Nippur / R.C. Lutz

Marduk the Dragon Slayer / Michael P. Auerbach

Nanna and Ningal / R.C. Lutz

Ninurta and the Turtle /rMichael P. Auerbach

The Sin of the God Zu / Sally Driscoll

The Sumerian Creation of Humankind / John Pritchard

The Theft of Destiny / Sally Driscoll

Uta-Napishtim and the Deluge /rMichael P. Auerbach.

East Asia. The Adventures of Kintarō, the Golden Boy / R.C. Lutz

The Casting of the Great Bell / R.C. Lutz

Ch'ŏnjiwangbonp'uri / R.C. Lutz

The Dragons / R.C. Lutz

The Fairy Princess of Mount Ophir / R.C. Lutz

The First People / R.C. Lutz

Garuda / John Pritchard

How a Man Got the Better of Two Foxes / R.C. Lutz

In the Palace of the Sea God / R.C. Lutz

The Island of Women / T. Fleischmann

The Korean Cinderella / R.C. Lutz

The Magic White Swan / R.C. Lutz

The Magnanimous Girl / R.C. Lutz

Origin of the Tiger / R.C. Lutz

Pangu Creates the World / R.C. Lutz

Prince Mountain and Princess Mountain / R.C. Lutz

The Spirit of the Lotus Lily / R.C. Lutz

Urashima Tarō / R.C. Lutz

Water War / R.C. Lutz

The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman / Haley Blum

Yinglong, the Winged Dragon / R.C. Lutz

Yu Rebuilds the Earth / T. Fleischmann.

India. Brahmā the Creator / Adam Berger

The Creation of the Ganges / Micah Issitt

Damayantī's Choice / Adam Berger

Draupadī / Adam Berger

Durgā / Adam Berger

Gotama's Attainment / Adam Berger

The Heavenly Nymph and Her Mortal Husband / Adam Berger

The Incarnations of Visnu / T. Fleischmann

Matsya and the Great Flood / Adam Berger.

Europe. British Isles. Beowulf and the Battle with Grendel / G. Matthews

The Birth of Bran / G. Matthews

Childe Rowland / T. Fleischmann

The Combat of Fer Díad and Cúchulainn / Patrick G. Cooper

Culhwch and Olwen: Hunting the Twrch Trwyth / G. Matthews

The Death of King Arthur / Sir Thomas Malory ; Theresa L. Stowell

The Fisher King / Ashleigh Imus

Havelok and Godard / Patrick G. Cooper

King Arthur and Guinevere / Sir Thomas Malory ; Pegge Bochynski

King Arthur's Round Table / Theresa L. Stowell

The Legend of Tuan mac Carell / Patrick G. Cooper

The Marriage of Sir Gawain / Ashleigh Imus

The Mermaid / Theresa L. Stowell

The Morrígu / Patrick G. Cooper

Oisín's Mother / Patrick G. Cooper

The Order of Scáthach / Patrick G. Cooper

Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail / Pegge Bochynski

Sir Gammer Vans / G. Matthews

The Story of Saint Kenelm / Patrick G. Cooper

The Story of the Young Cuckoo / Patrick G. Cooper.

Greco-Roman World. Achilles and the Stern Waters of Styx / Ashleigh Imus

Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi / Ashleigh Imus

Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius / T. Fleischmann

Bellerophon and the Battle with Chimera / Michael P. Auerbach

The Birth of Zeus / T. Fleischmann

Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth / Ashleigh Imus

Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos / T. Fleischmann

The Death of Ajax / Micah Issitt

The Divine Loves of Zeus / T. Fleischmann

Gaia and the Castration of Uranus / T. Fleischmann

Helen of Troy / T. Fleischmann

Hera and the Seduction of Zeus / T. Fleischmann

Jove's Great Deluge / T. Fleischmann

King Oedipus Is Revealed / T. Fleischmann

The Line and the Cave / Plato ; Sally Driscoll

The Love of Aphrodite and Anchises / Ashleigh Imus

The Myth of Atlantis / T. Fleischmann

The Myth of Er / Sally Driscoll

Pandora and the Great Jar / Ashleigh Imus

Prometheus and the Theft of Fire / T. Fleischmann

The Prophecy of Paris / T. Fleischmann

The Sack of Troy / Ashleigh Imus

The Statue of Pygmalion / Ashleigh Imus

The Twelfth Labor: Hercules and Cerberus / T. Fleischmann

The Vengeance of Medea / Sally Driscoll

Zeus and the Titan War / T. Fleischmann.

Norse World. The Aesir-Vanir War / Michael P. Auerbach

Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie / Michael P. Auerbach

Freya's Necklace / John Pritchard

How Thor Fought the Giant Hrungnir / John Pritchard

Loki and the Dwarfs / T. Fleischmann

Loki Bound / Michael P. Auerbach

The Nine Worlds of the Norse / Michael P. Auerbach

The Norse Creation of the Cosmos / T. Fleischmann

Odin's Discovery of the Runes / T. Fleischmann

The Otter's Ransom / Michael P. Auerbach

Ragnarok / T. Fleischmann

The Theft of Mjölnir / Michael P. Auerbach.

Western Europe. The Death of Roland / Patrick G. Cooper

Diamonds and Toads / Patrick G. Cooper

El Cid / Patrick G. Cooper

The Emperor's New Clothes / Ashleigh Imus

The Enchanted Maiden / R.C. Lutz

The Gingerbread Man / Peter Christen Asbjornsen ; Theresa L. Stowell

Hop o' My Thumb / Charles Perrault ; Patrick G. Cooper

Little Red Cap Theresa L. Stowell

Petrosinella Theresa L. Stowell

Princess Belle-Étoile / Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy ; R.C. Lutz

Princess Rosette / Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy ; / Michael P. Auerbach

Snow-White and Rose-Red / Andrew Lang ; Ashleigh Imus

Thumbelina / Hans Christian Andersen ; Ashleigh Imus.

Central and Eastern Europe. Baba Yaga / Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal ; Ashleigh Imus

The Boys with the Golden Stars / Andrew Lang ; Patrick G. Cooper

Cinderella / Konstantin Pavlov ; John Pritchard

The Dragon and the Prince / Patrick G. Cooper

Father Frost / Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal ; Theresa L. Stowell

The Feather of Finist the Falcon / Alexander Afanasyev ; Patrick G. Cooper

The Firebird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa / Patrick G. Cooper

Ilya Muromets and the Dragon / Alexander Afanasyev ; Patrick G. Cooper

King Kojata / Andrew Lang ; Patrick G. Cooper

The Lime Tree / Patrick G. Cooper

Prince Bayaya / Bozena Nemcova ; R.C. Lutz

Princess Miranda and Prince Hero / Patrick G. Cooper.

Appendices. Mythology in the Classroom

Lesson Plan

Time Line

Guide to Online Resources.