The Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology

Introduction (by Robert Graves) Prehistoric Mythology (by G.-H. Luquet) - The religion of the first men - The cult of the dead Egyptian Mythology (by J. Viaud) - The Ennead of Heliopolis and the family of Osiris - Protective divinities of the Pharaohs and the kingdom - Divinities of River and Desert - Divinities of Birth and Death - Men deified and the Pharaoh god - The sacred animals Assyro-Babylonian Mythology (by F. Guirand) - The Gods of Elam Phoenician Mythology (by L. Delaporte) - The Gods of Carthage - The Hittite gods Greek Mythology (by F. Guirand) - Prehellenic mythology - The mythology of classical Greece - Sidereal and meteorological gods - Orion: The Pleiades: The Hyades - Gods of the winds - Gods of the waters - Divinities of the earth - The life of man - The underworld - The heroes Roman Mythology (by F. Guirand and A.-V. Pierre) Celtic Mythology (by John X. W. P. Corcoran) Teutonic Mythology - Germany and Scandinavia (by E. Tonnelat) Slavonic Mythology (by G. Alexinsky) Finno-Ugric Mythology (by F. Guirand) Mythology of Ancient Persia (by P. Masson-Oursel and Louise Morin) - Religion of the Zend-Avesta - A Summary of Moslem Myths Indian Mythology (by P. Masson-Oursel and Louise Morin) - The Brahmanic Dharma - The Heretical Dharmas - Mythology of Hinduism Chinese Mythology (by Ou-I-Tai) Japanese Mythology (by Odette Bruhl) - The Great Legends - The Gods - Buddhism in Japan Mythology of the Two Americas (by Max Fauconnet) - North America - Mexico - Central America - South America Oceanic Mythology (by G. H. Luquet) Mythology of Black Africa (by Max Fauconnet) Acknowledgments Index