Includes index.

Mythology -- Creation of the world -- The cosmos -- Sun and moon -- Humankind -- Supreme beings -- Floods and storms -- The elements -- The natural world -- Fertility and birth -- Children of gods -- Ancestor worship -- Evil forces -- Superheroes -- Journeys and quests -- Divine weapons -- Gods of war -- Contacting the spirits -- Love and fortune -- Tricksters -- Giants and small folk -- Animal idols -- Mythical beasts -- Shapeshifters -- Painting the story -- Universal creatures -- The afterlife -- Sacred sites -- End of the world -- Did you know? -- Mythical meanings -- Find out more.

Surveys the treatment of gods, goddesses, the heavens, creation, death, and evil as expressed in various mythologies around the world--