Universal Root Myths

This book was written with the interest of comparing the basic systems of tension in which the peoples who formed the great myths of humankind lived.

Sumerian-Akkadian Myths

• Gilgamesh and the Creation of His Double
• The Cedar Forest
• The Celestial Bull, the Death of Enkidu and the Descent to the Hells
• The Universal Flood
• The Return

Assyro-Babylonian Myths

• The Original Chaos
• The Gods and Marduk
• The War of the Gods
• The Creation of the World
• The Creation of the Human Being

Egyptian Myths

• Ptah and Creation
• The Death and Resurrection of Osiris
• Horus the Divine Avenger
• The Antimyth of Amenophis IV

Hebrew Myths

• The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life
• Abraham and Obedience
• The Man Who Fought Against God
• Moses and the Divine Law

Chinese Myths

• The Central Void
• The Dragon and the Phoenix

Indian Myths

• Fire, Torment and Exaltation
• Time and the Gods
• The Forms of Beauty and Horror

Persian Myths

• The Clamor of Zarathustra
• Light and Darkness
• The Angels and the Savior: The End of the World, Resurrection and Judgement

Greco-Roman Myths

• The Struggle Between the Generations of Inmortals
• Prometheus and the Awakening of the Mortals
• Demeter and Persephone: Death and Resurrection of Nature
• Dionysus, the Divine Madness

Nordic Myths

• Yggdrasil, the Tree of the World
• Thor, the Valkyries and Valhalla: The Warrior and His Heaven
• Ragnarök, the Destiny of the Gods

American Myths

• The Lost History
• Human Generations: The Man-Animal, The Man of Clay, the Man of Wood and the Man of Corn
• The Destruction of the False Principal Macaw at the Hands of the Master Wizard and Little Sorcerer
• The Ball Game in the Hells: Descent, Death, Resurrection and Ascent of Master Wizard and Little Sorcerer

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