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EYEWITNESS companions EYEWITNESS companions Mythology Mythology EYEWITNESS companions EYEWITNESS companions PHILIP WILKINSON & Contents NEIL PHILIP Mythology Mythology M INTRODUCING MYTHOLOGY Philip Wilkinson has more than 50 titles to Pages 12–31 his credit in the fields of history, mythology, THE CLASSICAL WORLD and the arts, including DK’s Illustrated y Pages 32–95 Dictionaries of Mythology and Religions EUROPE andA Celebration of Customs and Rituals t Pages 96–135 of the World, which was adopted and Timeless tales h ASIA endorsed by the United Nations. All the major myths – from Pages 136–189 epics of love, adventure o and heroism, to creation THE AMERICAS Neil Philip is the author of many books stories – vividly retold and Gods and monsters beautifully illustrated. Pages 190–221 on folklore and mythology. Among his l A complete who’s who of the key mythological AFRICA books for DK are The Illustrated Book of characters in all myth-making cultures. o Pages 222–243 Myths, Eyewitness Mythology, and Myths & oceania LegendsExplained. His other publications g Pages 244–263 include The Great Mystery: Myths of WHO’S WHO IN MYTHOLOGY Native America, The Cinderella Story, The y Pages 264–343 Penguin Book of English Folktales, and Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales, which won the Aesop Prize of the American Folklore Society. P H I L World stories N I other eyewitness companions P Includes the famous tales of Greek Mythological connections EI W architecture •Art •astroLOGY •astronomy and Roman mythology and the Discover the themes and L BACKPACKING & Hiking • cats • Classical Music lesser known stories of peoples beliefs that recur across P IL of the Americas, Asia and Africa. different cultures. H K PHILIP WILKINSON & NEIL PHILIP KEY TO SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK dogs•film •French Cheese •French Wine •Golf I I (cid:12) L N Type/theme of myth Guitar •herbal remedies •Olive Oil •OPERA I S (cid:10) P O Culture of origin PHILOSOPHY •Photography •riding •SAILING ISBN 978-0-7566-3154-3 Printed in China N (cid:4) Scene of the story scuba diving • Trees•Wines of the World 52500 & (cid:16) Source(s) (cid:15) Other names/equivalent deities from other cultures Discover more at www.dk.com 9 780756 631543 Jacket images:Front: The Bridgeman Art Library: bl; Corbis: $25.00 USA c, fbl, fbr, t; DK Images: British Museum br. Back: Canadian creation stories • gods • heroes creation stories • gods • heroes Museum of Civilization cla; Corbis: br, c; DK Images: British $30.00 Canada Museum bl, t; St Mungo, Glasgow Museums cra. Spine: Corbis. monsters • mythical places monsters • mythical places eyewitness companions Mythology philip wilkinson & neil philip “ as pan gu slept, his body became the mountains ” and his blood, the rivers. Chinese myth: Pan Gu and Nü Wa’s Creation “ They rowed back ouT inTo The deep ocean, and were ” never seen again. Irish myth: The Voyage of Bran LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH, MELBOURNE, DELHI Managing Editor Debra Wolter Managing Art Editor Karen Self Production Controller Inderjit Bhullar DTP John Goldsmid Art Director Bryn Walls Publisher Jonathan Metcalf Produced for Dorling Kindersley by The Stables, Wood Farm, Deopham Road, Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 1AJ, UK www.cobaltid.co.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. All rights reserved. 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. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 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. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 or [email protected] Color reproduction by GRB, Italy. Printed and bound in China by Leo. Discover more at www.dk.com