Cumulative Index

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Cain and Abel Aborigines, mythology of Australian, 1 76-78 mlw_0001_0001_0_00073 Australian mythology of Arnhem Land, 2 32 mlw_0001_0002_0_00164 Abraham NA NA NA Isaac and, 4 20 mlw_0001_0004_0_00425 Sodom and Gomorrah and, 4 47 mlw_0001_0004_0_00455 Acanthus plant, 3 129 mlw_0001_0003_0_00394 3 130 mlw_0001_0003_0_00394 Acastus, 1 1 mlw_0001_0001_0_00009 Achemorus, 3 132 mlw_0001_0003_0_00394 Acheron, 4 81 mlw_0001_0004_0_00492 Achille et Polyxène (Lully), 1 3 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 Achilles, 1 1-3 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 1 2 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 Agamemnon and, 1 25 mlw_0001_0001_0_00020 Ajax and, 1 29 mlw_0001_0001_0_00025 Amazons and, 1 33 mlw_0001_0001_0_00031 Apollo and death of, 1 52 mlw_0001_0001_0_00049 armor made by Vulcan for, 4 93 mlw_0001_0004_0_00506 in Greek mythology, 2 98 mlw_0001_0002_0_00221 Hector and, 2 108 mlw_0001_0002_0_00231 2 109 mlw_0001_0002_0_00231 in Iliad, 2 143-45 mlw_0001_0002_0_00258 in literature and art, 1 3 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 Myrmidons and, 3 73 mlw_0001_0003_0_00341 Odysseus and, 3 102 mlw_0001_0003_0_00362 Paris and death of, 3 118 mlw_0001_0003_0_00379 Peleus, father of, 3 121 mlw_0001_0003_0_00384 Priam and, 3 143 mlw_0001_0003_0_00400 Thetis, mother of, 4 61 mlw_0001_0004_0_00473 Troilus slain by, 4 74 mlw_0001_0004_0_00486 in Trojan War, 1 1 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 1 2-3 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 4 75 mlw_0001_0004_0_00487 as warrior hero, 2 124 mlw_0001_0002_0_00242 Achilles' heel, 1 1-2 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 Achilles paradox, 1 3 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 Acis, 2 80 mlw_0001_0002_0_00204 Acllas, 2 147 mlw_0001_0002_0_00261 Acoetes, 2 31 mlw_0001_0002_0_00163 Acoma people of the American Southwest, myths of, 3 35-36 mlw_0001_0003_0_00313 4 79 mlw_0001_0004_0_00489 Acrisius, 2 18 mlw_0001_0002_0_00152 3 123 mlw_0001_0003_0_00387 3 124 mlw_0001_0003_0_00387 Actaeon, 1 60 mlw_0001_0001_0_00059 Actium, battle of, 1 52 mlw_0001_0001_0_00049 Adad, 1 3-4 mlw_0001_0001_0_00011 in Semitic mythology, 4 30 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 Adam and Eve, 1 4-5 mlw_0001_0001_0_00012 1 5 mlw_0001_0001_0_00012 in art and literature, 1 5 mlw_0001_0001_0_00012 Cain and Abel, sons of, 1 114-15 mlw_0001_0001_0_00109 1 115 mlw_0001_0001_0_00109 Christian interpretation of, 1 4-5 mlw_0001_0001_0_00012 forbidden fruit eaten by, 2 76 mlw_0001_0002_0_00200 2 77 mlw_0001_0002_0_00200 in Garden of Eden, 2 40-41 mlw_0001_0002_0_00172 Lilith, Adam's original wife, 3 28 mlw_0001_0003_0_00302 Manu as parallel story to, 3 34 mlw_0001_0003_0_00310 Satan and, 4 23 mlw_0001_0004_0_00430 serpent and, 4 23 mlw_0001_0004_0_00430 4 36 mlw_0001_0004_0_00441 story of, 1 4 mlw_0001_0001_0_00012 tree of knowledge and, 4 68 mlw_0001_0004_0_00483 Adam's rib, 1 4 mlw_0001_0001_0_00012 Adapa, 4 31-32 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 Adaro, 3 45-46 mlw_0001_0003_0_00318 Addu. Adad Adilgashii (skinwalkers), 4 99 mlw_0001_0004_0_00513 Adityas, 4 89 mlw_0001_0004_0_00501 Admetus, 1 31 mlw_0001_0001_0_00028 2 55 mlw_0001_0002_0_00185 4 58 mlw_0001_0004_0_00471 Admiralty Islanders of the Pacific Ocean, myths of, 2 61 mlw_0001_0002_0_00191 Adonis, 1 5-6 mlw_0001_0001_0_00013 anemone linked to death of, 2 70 mlw_0001_0002_0_00195 Aphrodite and, 1 50 mlw_0001_0001_0_00048 Venus, lover of, 4 91 mlw_0001_0004_0_00503 Aeacus, 3 73 mlw_0001_0003_0_00341 Aeëtes, King, 1 56-57 mlw_0001_0001_0_00053 2 91 mlw_0001_0002_0_00216 3 12 mlw_0001_0003_0_00276 3 41-42 mlw_0001_0003_0_00316 Aegeus, 3 42 mlw_0001_0003_0_00316 Theseus, son of, 4 58-60 mlw_0001_0004_0_00472 Aegir, 1 6 mlw_0001_0001_0_00014 Aegisthus, 1 25 mlw_0001_0001_0_00020 1 26 mlw_0001_0001_0_00020 1 119 mlw_0001_0001_0_00115 1 140 mlw_0001_0001_0_00130 2 49 mlw_0001_0002_0_00176 3 110 mlw_0001_0003_0_00369 Aello, 2 105 mlw_0001_0002_0_00227 Aeneas, 1 6-9 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 1 9 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 in Aeneid, 1 9 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 1 10-13 mlw_0001_0001_0_00016 Aphrodite, mother of, 1 50 mlw_0001_0001_0_00048 armor made by Vulcan for, 4 93 mlw_0001_0004_0_00506 Arthur as descendant of, 1 61 mlw_0001_0001_0_00060 Cumaean Sibyl and, 4 44 mlw_0001_0004_0_00450 Dido and, 2 29 mlw_0001_0002_0_00162 as founder of empire, 1 8-9 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 Golden Bough and, 2 89-90 mlw_0001_0002_0_00215 in Greek tradition, 1 7 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 Harpies, torment by, 2 105 mlw_0001_0002_0_00227 Lares and Penates and, 3 25 mlw_0001_0003_0_00295 in literature, 1 9 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 as national hero, 2 125 mlw_0001_0002_0_00242 in Roman mythology, 1 8 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 4 15 mlw_0001_0004_0_00422 4 16 mlw_0001_0004_0_00422 travels of, 1 8 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 Trojan War and, 4 75-76 mlw_0001_0004_0_00487 Venus, mother of, 4 90 mlw_0001_0004_0_00503 Aeneid, 1 10-13 mlw_0001_0001_0_00016 Aeneas in, 1 9 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 1 10-13 mlw_0001_0001_0_00016 Aphrodite in, 1 50 mlw_0001_0001_0_00048 Boreas in, 1 103 mlw_0001_0001_0_00095 Dido in, 2 29 mlw_0001_0002_0_00162 Gaia in, 2 79 mlw_0001_0002_0_00202 Golden Bough in, 2 89 mlw_0001_0002_0_00215 Harpies in, 2 105 mlw_0001_0002_0_00227 Hecuba in, 2 110 mlw_0001_0002_0_00232 influence of, 1 12-13 mlw_0001_0001_0_00016 Roman mythology in, 4 13 mlw_0001_0004_0_00422 4 16 mlw_0001_0004_0_00422 story and its significance, 1 11-12 mlw_0001_0001_0_00016 structure and style of, 1 10-11 mlw_0001_0001_0_00016 Venus in, 4 90 mlw_0001_0004_0_00503 Aeolus, 1 13 mlw_0001_0001_0_00017 3 104 mlw_0001_0003_0_00363 Halcyone, daughter of, 2 104 mlw_0001_0002_0_00225 Aeschylus, 2 79 mlw_0001_0002_0_00201 Orestes portrayed by, 3 111 mlw_0001_0003_0_00369 Aesir, 2 74 mlw_0001_0002_0_00198 3 91 mlw_0001_0003_0_00355 3 99 mlw_0001_0003_0_00361 Aeson, King, 1 55 mlw_0001_0001_0_00053 3 11 mlw_0001_0003_0_00276 3 42 mlw_0001_0003_0_00316 Aethra, 4 58 mlw_0001_0004_0_00472 African American mythology, John Henry in, 3 15-16 mlw_0001_0003_0_00281 African mythology, 1 13-18 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 1 14 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 Aiwel in, 1 28 mlw_0001_0001_0_00024 Alain, 1 30 NM Amma in, 1 34 mlw_0001_0001_0_00033 Anansi in, 1 36 mlw_0001_0001_0_00036 animals in, 1 42 mlw_0001_0001_0_00042 Brer Rabbit in, 1 105 mlw_0001_0001_0_00099 Cagn in, 1 114 mlw_0001_0001_0_00108 creation story in, 2 6 mlw_0001_0002_0_00139 devils and demons in, 2 27 mlw_0001_0002_0_00160 Eshu in, 2 52-53 mlw_0001_0002_0_00182 2 53 mlw_0001_0002_0_00182 fire in, 2 63 mlw_0001_0002_0_00191 Gauna in, 2 82 mlw_0001_0002_0_00207 genies in, 2 82 mlw_0001_0002_0_00208 hero kings in, 2 124 mlw_0001_0002_0_00242 Ile-Ife in, 2 141-42 mlw_0001_0002_0_00257 2 142 mlw_0001_0002_0_00257 Katondain, 3 19 mlw_0001_0003_0_00287 Kibuka in, 3 19 mlw_0001_0003_0_00288 Lebe in, 3 26 mlw_0001_0003_0_00297 Leza in, 3 27 mlw_0001_0003_0_00301 main gods and spirits of, 1 14-17 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 moon in, 3 69 mlw_0001_0003_0_00335 3 70 mlw_0001_0003_0_00335 Mujaji in, 3 71 mlw_0001_0003_0_00337 Mulungu in, 3 71 mlw_0001_0003_0_00338 Mwindo in, 3 72-73 mlw_0001_0003_0_00340 Nummo in, 3 95-96 mlw_0001_0003_0_00356 Nyame in, 3 97 mlw_0001_0003_0_00359 Ogun in, 3 108 mlw_0001_0003_0_00365 Olorun in, 3 109-10 mlw_0001_0003_0_00368 Queen of Sheba in, 4 40 mlw_0001_0004_0_00446 4 40 mlw_0001_0004_0_00446 reincarnation in, 4 7 mlw_0001_0004_0_00417 roots of, 1 13-14 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 sacrifice in, 4 20 mlw_0001_0004_0_00425 serpents and snakes in, 4 37 mlw_0001_0004_0_00441 Sunjata in, 4 53-54 mlw_0001_0004_0_00462 trickster heroes in, 2 125 mlw_0001_0002_0_00242 tricksters in, 4 71-72 mlw_0001_0004_0_00484 types of myths and legends, 1 17-18 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 underworld in, 4 82 mlw_0001_0004_0_00492 witches in, 4 99 mlw_0001_0004_0_00513 Afterlife, 1 18-24 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 1 19 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 1 22 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 birds linked to flight of soul, 1 97-98 mlw_0001_0001_0_00090 Book of the Dead and, 1 101-2 mlw_0001_0001_0_00093 1 102 mlw_0001_0001_0_00093 different fates in, 1 20-21 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 in Egyptian mythology, 2 47 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 Elysium and, 2 50 mlw_0001_0002_0_00177 heaven and, 2 105-7 mlw_0001_0002_0_00229 hell for the wicked in, 2 113-15 mlw_0001_0002_0_00236 journey to, 1 21-22 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 in Melanesian mythology, 3 47 mlw_0001_0003_0_00318 in Micronesian mythology, 3 58 mlw_0001_0003_0_00325 Osiris, judge in, 3 114 mlw_0001_0003_0_00373 in Persian mythology, 3 126 mlw_0001_0003_0_00388 preparation for, 1 23 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 reincarnation and, 4 6-9 mlw_0001_0004_0_00417 4 8 mlw_0001_0004_0_00417 return of dead from, 1 22-23 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 in Sheol, 4 41 mlw_0001_0004_0_00447 Thoth and, 4 63 mlw_0001_0004_0_00475 underworld as destination in, 4 80-84 mlw_0001_0004_0_00492 4 81 mlw_0001_0004_0_00492 4 83 mlw_0001_0004_0_00492 visions of, 1 19-20 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 Agamemnon, 1 24-26 mlw_0001_0001_0_00020 Achilles and, 1 2 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 Apollo and, 1 52 mlw_0001_0001_0_00049 Cassandra and, 1 119 mlw_0001_0001_0_00115 Clytemnestra, wife of, 1 140 mlw_0001_0001_0_00130 death of, 1 25-26 mlw_0001_0001_0_00020 Electra, daughter of, 2 49 mlw_0001_0002_0_00176 Hector and, 2 108 mlw_0001_0002_0_00231 in Iliad, 2 143-44 mlw_0001_0002_0_00258 Iphigenia, daughter of, 3 1 mlw_0001_0003_0_00268 in literature, 1 26 mlw_0001_0001_0_00020 Menelaus, brother of, 3 48 mlw_0001_0003_0_00320 Orestes, son of, 3 110-11 mlw_0001_0003_0_00369 sceptor made by Vulcan for, 4 93 mlw_0001_0004_0_00506 Trojan War and, 4 74-75 mlw_0001_0004_0_00487 Agelaus, 3 117 mlw_0001_0003_0_00379 3 118 mlw_0001_0003_0_00379 Agemo, 3 110 mlw_0001_0003_0_00368 Ages of the world in Greek mythology, 2 97-98 mlw_0001_0002_0_00221 Aglaia, 2 93 mlw_0001_0002_0_00220

Agnar, 3 100 mlw_0001_0003_0_00361 Agnes, St., 1 26 mlw_0001_0001_0_00021 Agni, 2 63 mlw_0001_0002_0_00191 4 10 mlw_0001_0004_0_00418 Aguirre, Lope de, 2 49 mlw_0001_0002_0_00175 Ahab, 3 14 mlw_0001_0003_0_00278 Ah Mun. Hun-Hunahpú Ah Puch (Yum Cimil), 3 38 mlw_0001_0003_0_00315 3 39 mlw_0001_0003_0_00315 Ahriman, 1 26-27 mlw_0001_0001_0_00022 Ahura Mazda and, 1 28 mlw_0001_0001_0_00023 4 77 mlw_0001_0004_0_00489 angels and, 1 39 mlw_0001_0001_0_00041 Cain and Abel and, 1 115 mlw_0001_0001_0_00109 creation story and, 2 7 mlw_0001_0002_0_00139 as devil, 2 25-26 mlw_0001_0002_0_00160 in Persian mythology, 3 124 mlw_0001_0003_0_00388 3 125 mlw_0001_0003_0_00388 3 126 mlw_0001_0003_0_00388 as twin, 4 77 mlw_0001_0004_0_00489 AhsaVahishta, 1 27 mlw_0001_0001_0_00023 Ahura Mazda, 1 27 mlw_0001_0001_0_00023 1 27-28 mlw_0001_0001_0_00023 afterlife and, 1 21 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 Ahriman and, 1 27 mlw_0001_0001_0_00022 4 77 mlw_0001_0004_0_00489 angels and, 1 39 mlw_0001_0001_0_00041 Cain and Abel and, 1 115 mlw_0001_0001_0_00109 creation story and, 2 7 mlw_0001_0002_0_00139 Mithras as principal assistant of, 3 62 mlw_0001_0003_0_00330 in Persian mythology, 2 25 mlw_0001_0002_0_00160 3 124-25 mlw_0001_0003_0_00388 as twin, 4 77 mlw_0001_0004_0_00489 Aias. Ajax Aife, 2 13 mlw_0001_0002_0_00144 Aino, 2 58 mlw_0001_0002_0_00190 2 59 mlw_0001_0002_0_00190 2 60 mlw_0001_0002_0_00190 Aiwel, 1 28 mlw_0001_0001_0_00024 Ajax, 1 28-29 mlw_0001_0001_0_00025 1 29 mlw_0001_0001_0_00025 death of, 1 29 mlw_0001_0001_0_00025 Hector and, 2 108 mlw_0001_0002_0_00231 in Trojan War, 1 28-29 mlw_0001_0001_0_00025 4 75 mlw_0001_0004_0_00487 as warrior hero, 2 124 mlw_0001_0002_0_00242 Ajax (Sophocles), 1 3 mlw_0001_0001_0_00010 Ajax the Lesser, 1 29 mlw_0001_0001_0_00025 1 118 mlw_0001_0001_0_00115 1 118 mlw_0001_0001_0_00115 Akan people of Ghana, myths of, 3 97 mlw_0001_0003_0_00359 Akhenaten, 1 68 mlw_0001_0001_0_00066 2 11 mlw_0001_0002_0_00143 Akkadians, 4 29 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 Ala, 1 30 mlw_0001_0001_0_00026 4 83 mlw_0001_0004_0_00492 in African mythology, 1 15 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 afterlife and, 1 19 mlw_0001_0001_0_00019 Aladdin, 1 30-31 mlw_0001_0001_0_00027 in Thousand and One Nights, 4 64 mlw_0001_0004_0_00476 Alba Longa, 1 9 mlw_0001_0001_0_00015 4 16 mlw_0001_0004_0_00422 Alcaeus of Tiryns, 1 34 mlw_0001_0001_0_00034 Alcestis, 1 31 mlw_0001_0001_0_00028 4 58 mlw_0001_0004_0_00471 Alcmena, 2 117 mlw_0001_0002_0_00237 2 118 mlw_0001_0002_0_00238 Alcmene, 1 34 mlw_0001_0001_0_00034 Alexander III, Pope, 3 142 mlw_0001_0003_0_00399 Alexander the Great, 2 41 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 Gordian knot and, 2 92 mlw_0001_0002_0_00218 Alfheim, 3 93 mlw_0001_0003_0_00355 Alfonso, 1 137 mlw_0001_0001_0_00128 Alfred, 1 31 mlw_0001_0001_0_00029 Algonquian people, myths of, 4 64 mlw_0001_0004_0_00476 Allah, 4 34 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 in Semitic mythology, 4 30 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 Allecto, 2 78 mlw_0001_0002_0_00201 Allfather. Odin Almoravids, 1 137 mlw_0001_0001_0_00128 Altair, 4 49 mlw_0001_0004_0_00458 Altsé hastiin and Altsé asdzaá. First Man and First Woman Aluluei, 3 56 mlw_0001_0003_0_00325 3 58 mlw_0001_0003_0_00325 Amalthaea, 2 77 mlw_0001_0002_0_00200 Ama-no-uzume, 3 10 mlw_0001_0003_0_00275 Amaterasu, 1 31-32 mlw_0001_0001_0_00030 1 32 mlw_0001_0001_0_00030 3 9-10 mlw_0001_0003_0_00275 3 11 mlw_0001_0003_0_00275 Izanagi, father of, 3 5 mlw_0001_0003_0_00273 3 9 mlw_0001_0003_0_00275 in Japanese mythology, 3 7 mlw_0001_0003_0_00275 in Nihongi, 3 88 mlw_0001_0003_0_00351 as sun goddess, 4 53 mlw_0001_0004_0_00461 Susano-ô, brother of, 4 54 mlw_0001_0004_0_00463 Amaunet, 2 44 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 Amazon people, myths of, 3 131 mlw_0001_0003_0_00394 Amazons, 1 32-33 mlw_0001_0001_0_00031 1 33 mlw_0001_0001_0_00031 Bellerophon's defeat of, 1 90 mlw_0001_0001_0_00084 Theseus at war with, 4 60 mlw_0001_0004_0_00472 Ambrosia, 1 33-34 mlw_0001_0001_0_00032 Ambrosius, 3 48 mlw_0001_0003_0_00321 3 50 mlw_0001_0003_0_00321 Ambundu people of Angola, myths of, 3 66 mlw_0001_0003_0_00334 Ameinias, 3 76 mlw_0001_0003_0_00345 American folktales NA NA NA Johnny Appleseed, 3 16-17 mlw_0001_0003_0_00282 Rip van Winkle, 4 10 mlw_0001_0004_0_00419 witches in, 4 98-99 mlw_0001_0004_0_00513 American Indian mythology. Native American mythology American West, legends of NA NA NA Billy the Kid in, 1 95 mlw_0001_0001_0_00089 Buffalo Bill in, 1 111 mlw_0001_0001_0_00103 Butch Cassidy in, 1 113 mlw_0001_0001_0_00105 Casey Jones in, 1 117-18 mlw_0001_0001_0_00114 Daniel Boone in, 1 102-3 mlw_0001_0001_0_00094 Davy Crockett in, 2 9-10 mlw_0001_0002_0_00141 Pecos Bill in, 3 119-20 mlw_0001_0003_0_00381 Amesha Spentas, 3 125 mlw_0001_0003_0_00388 Amitabha (Amida), 1 109 mlw_0001_0001_0_00102 1 110 mlw_0001_0001_0_00102 1 110 mlw_0001_0001_0_00102 heaven and, 2 106 mlw_0001_0002_0_00229 Amma, 1 34 mlw_0001_0001_0_00033 3 95 mlw_0001_0003_0_00356 in African mythology, 1 14 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 1 15 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 Amokye, 4 82 mlw_0001_0004_0_00492 Amphion, 4 77 mlw_0001_0004_0_00489 Amphitrite, 3 141 mlw_0001_0003_0_00398 Amphitryon, 1 34-35 mlw_0001_0001_0_00034 2 118 mlw_0001_0002_0_00238 Amulius, 4 17 mlw_0001_0004_0_00423 Amun, 1 35 mlw_0001_0001_0_00035 1 35 mlw_0001_0001_0_00035 Atum and, 1 75 mlw_0001_0001_0_00071 in Egyptian mythology, 2 43 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 2 44 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 2 45-46 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 Ra joined with, 1 35 mlw_0001_0001_0_00035 2 43 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 2 44 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 4 1 mlw_0001_0004_0_00412 Amun-Ra, 1 35 mlw_0001_0001_0_00035 2 43 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 2 44 mlw_0001_0002_0_00173 4 1 mlw_0001_0004_0_00412 Amycus, 1 55 mlw_0001_0001_0_00053 3 l4l NM An. Anu Anahita, 3 125 mlw_0001_0003_0_00388 Anansi, 1 36 mlw_0001_0001_0_00036 in African mythology, 1 17 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 1 18 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018 as trickster, 4 71-72 mlw_0001_0004_0_00484 Anat, 1 36-37 mlw_0001_0001_0_00037 Baal, husband and brother of, 1 84-85 mlw_0001_0001_0_00076 El and, 2 48 mlw_0001_0002_0_00174 in Semitic mythology, 4 30 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 4 32 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 4 33 mlw_0001_0004_0_00440 Ancestor worship NA NA NA African, 1 16 mlw_0001_0001_0_00018