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Great mythologies of the world, Various professors

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Great mythologies of the world

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Various professors

Great courses. Literature & Language. World literature

Ancient Europe: The Titans in Greek mythology -- Complex goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera -- Gods and humanity in Greek thought -- Herakles and the Greek hero -- Odysseus, master of schemes -- The Golden Fleece and the hero's return -- Romulus, Remus, and Rome's origins -- Roman heroes and traitors -- The Mother Goddess in Rome and beyond -- The Dagda's harp and other Celtic myths -- Norse tales of Odin and Thor -- Hammers, rings, and other Norse magic. The Middle East and South Asia: The world's oldest myth: Gilgamesh -- The Babylonian creation story -- Chaos and order in Egypt -- Horus, Osiris, and Ra -- Myths of the Pharaohs -- The Book of Job -- The great Indian epics -- The Bhagavad Gita -- Stories of the Buddha -- Persia's Book of Kings ---- One Thousand and One Nights -- Tales of flood and fire. Africa: The beauty of African mythology -- African creation stories -- African religious cosmology -- Tricksters of Africa -- Africa's gods and humanity -- Close encounters with African divinities -- Cult of African myth -- The African morality tale -- The Dausi and African epics -- The epic of Bakaridjan Kone -- Death and the afterlife in African myth -- African heroes in the underworld. Asia and the Pacific: Culture and cosmos in Chinese mythology -- Chinese heroes, kings, and destroyers -- Peasant folktales and Chinese scholarship -- Spirits and syncretism in Korean myth -- Korea's warring kingdoms and flying dragons -- Japanese tales of purity and defilement -- Gods, rice, and the Japanese state -- Nature gods and tricksters of Polynesia -- Creation and misbehavior in Micronesia -- Melanesian myths of life and cannibalism -- Origins in Indonesia and the Philippines -- Aboriginal and colonial myths of Australia. The Americas: Nature in Native American myth -- Inuit and Northern Forest mythology -- Tales and rituals of the Iroquois League -- Southeast Amerindian origin stories -- Mythology of the Plains peoples -- Amerindian tales from the Northwest -- The Navajo emergence myth -- Stories of the Pueblo -- Native American tricksters -- The Maya and the Popol Vuh -- Aztec myth meets Hernán Cortés -- Inca myth as imperial mandate

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