pEOplE HAvE bEEN TEllING THEsE sTORIEs fOR THOUsANds Of yEARs, TO HElp THEM MAkE sENsE Of THE WORld ANd THEIR lIvEs. Gods of war 330 Deities of the Underworld 338ĮvEry human sociEty HAs ITs MyTHOlOGy, A bOdy Of sACREd sTORIEs AbOUT THE GOds ANd MATTERs Of COsMIC sIGNIfICANCE, fROM THE CREATION TO WHAT HAppENs AfTER dEATH. The Great Flood 26 Death and beyond 28 The end of the world 30ĭeities of love, childbirth, and the home 312 The first beings 22 Heroes and tricksters 24 For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 or Color reproduction by GRB, Italy. ISBN 978-0-75663-154-3 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. Produced for Dorling Kindersley by The Stables, Wood Farm, Deopham Road, Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 1AJ, UK Editors Marek Walisiewicz, Kati Dye, Louise Abbott, Jamie Dickson, Sarah Tomley US Editor Jenny Siklos Art Editors Paul Reid, Lloyd Tilbury, Pia Ingham, Claire Oldman, Annika Skoog First American Edition, 2007 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 07 08 09 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ED503-September 2007 Text copyright © 2007 Philip Wilkinson and Neil Philip Copyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited. LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH, MELBOURNE, DELHI Managing Editor Managing Art Editor Production Controller DTP Art Director Publisherĭebra Wolter Karen Self Inderjit Bhullar John Goldsmid Bryn Walls Jonathan Metcalf “They rowed back ouT inTo The deep ocean, and were never seen again.” Irish myth: The Voyage of Bran
“as pan gu slept, his body became the mountains and his blood, the rivers.” Chinese myth: Pan Gu and Nü Wa’s Creation Gods of the sea, sky, and cosmos 292.ĭeities of animals and hunting 300.ĭeities of fertility and agriculture 306.ĭeities of love, childbirth, and the home 312.ĭeities of fate and fortune 318.ĭeities of the Underworld 338.Īcknowledgments 351.
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