Volume 1
Preface,
Introduction,
The Meaning of Myth,
Creation Myths,
Part I: The Creation Myth Types,
Ex Nihilo Creation,
Creation from Chaos,
World Parent Creation,
Emergence Creation,
Earth-Diver Creation,
Part II: The Creation Myths,
Achomawi,
Acoma (Aa'ku),
Ainu,
Algonquin,
Altaic,
Anatolian,
Anishinabe (Ojibwe, Chippewa),
Apache,
Arandan (Aruntan),
Arapaho,
Arikara,
Ashanti,
Assiniboine,
Assyrian,
Aymaran,
Aztec (Mexica),
Babylonian,
Bagobo,
Baltic,
Baluba,
Bambara,
Banks Islands,
Basonge,
Batak,
Birhor,
Blackfoot (Siksika),
Bloods,
Bon (Bonpo),
Boshongo,
Buddhist,
Bulu,
Buriat,
Bushmen (San, Basarwa),
Cahto (Kato, Kaipomo),
Canaanite,
Celtic,
Ceram,
Cherokee (Tsalagi),
Cheyenne,
Chinese,
Christian,
Chukchee,
Creek (Muskogee),
Crow (Absarkoes, Apsaalooke),
Cuebo,
Cupeño (Kuupanqaxwichen),
Dhammai (Miji),
Diegueños,
Dinka,
Dogon,
Dyak (Dayak),
Efe,
Efik,
Egyptian,
Ekoi,
Fang (Fan),
Fiji Islands,
Finnish (Finno-Ugric),
Fon,
Fulani,
Garo (Achik),
Gilbert Islands,
Gnostic,
Gond,
Greek,
Guarani,
Haida,
Hawaiian,
Hebrew,
Hopi,
Hottentot,
Hungarian (Magyar),
Huron,
Ijaw (Ijo),
Inca,
Indian,
Inupiat (Inupiaq),
Ipurina (Apurina),
Irish,
Islamic,
Jain,
Japanese (Shinto),
Jivaro (Shuar),
Joshua (Tce'metun),
Kagaba,
Kakadu,
Kikuyu,
Kiowa,
Kodiak,
Kokowarra,
Kono,
Kootenay (Kutanai, Ktunaxa),
Korean,
Krachi,
Kukulik,
Laguna (Kawaik),
Lao,
Lapp (Sami),
Lenape (Delaware),
Lugbara,
Luiseño,
Maasai,
Maidu,
Malagasy,
Malozi (Lozi, Alyui, Barotse),
Mandan,
Mande,
Maori,
Mapuche,
Mariana Islands,
Marshall Islands,
Mayan,
Minyong,
Miwok,
Mixtec,
Modoc,
Mohawk (Kanienkaha),
Mongolian,
Mosetene,
Munduruc,
Muysca (Muisca),
Nandi,
Navajo (Dine),
Negritos,
Netsilik,
New Britain,
New Hebrides,
Nez Perce,
Ngombe (Bangala),
Ngurunderi,
Norse,
Nugumuit,
Nup,
Nyamwezi,
Okanagan (Isankuafli),
Olmec,
Omaha,
Onondaga,
Oneida,
Oqomiut,
Osage,
Papago (Tohono O'odham),
Papua New Guinea,
Pawnee,
Penobscot,
Persian (Iranian),
Phoenician,
Pima (Akimal O'odham),
Polynesian,
Pomo,
Pueblo People,
Roman,
Romanian (Rumanian),
Salinan,
Salishan (Flat Heads),
Samoan,
Samoyed,
San Cristobal,
Scientific,
Seneca (Onödowa?ga'),
Shilluk,
Siberian,
Siberian-Tartar,
Sikh,
Sioux,
Skagit,
Snohomish,
Solomon Islands,
Sumerian,
Sumu,
Swahili,
Tahitian,
Talmudic,
Tantric,
Tewa,
Thompson Indians,
Tierra del Fuego,
Tlingit,
Toltec,
Tonga,
Truk Island,
Tsimshian,
Tuamotuan,
Tungus,
Turkic (Pre-Islamic Turkish),
Tuscarora,
Uitoto,
Ute,
Vietnamese,
Wahungwe,
Wapangwa,
Welsh,
Winnebago,
Wyandot,
Wyot,
Yakima,
Yami,
Yana,
Yanomami,
Yao,
Yaruro,
Yokut,
Yolugu,
Yoruba,
Yuchi (Tsoyaha),
Yuki,
Yuma (K-Wichhna),
Yurucare,
Zapotec,
Zia,
Zoroastrian,
Zulu,
Zuni,
Index,
Volume 2
Preface,
Introduction,
The Meaning of Myth,
Creation Myths,
Part III: Comparative Aspects,
Ages of Creation,
Ancestors in Creation,
Animals in Creation,
Animistic Creation,
Axis Mundi in Creation,
Birth as Creation Metaphor,
Bodily Waste or Fluids as Creation Source,
Clay-based Creation,
Cosmic Egg in Creation,
Coyote in Creation,
Creation Myths as Curing,
Culture Heroes in Creation,
Death Origin in Creation,
Deus Faber Creation,
Deus Otiosus or Absconditus in Creation,
Devil in Creation,
Dismemberment of Primordial Being as Creation,
Dreaming as Creation,
Duality in Creation,
Etiological Creation Myths,
Fall from Grace in Creation,
Father Creators,
Flood in Creation Myths,
Four Directions in Creation,
Goddess as Creator,
Imperfect or Accidental Creation,
Incest in Creation,
Origin of Evil in Creation,
Primordial Waters in Creation,
Raven in Creation,
Sacrifice in Creation,
Separation of Heaven and Earth in Creation,
Sexual Impulse in Creation,
Shamanism and Creation,
Sky Woman Descends,
Sun in Creation,
Thought-based Creation,
Trickster in Creation,
Twins in Creation,
Two Creators Motif,
Woman as Source of Evil,
Word-based Creation,
Part IV: Glossary,
Part V: Comparative Charts,
Annotated Bibliography,
Index,