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The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend , 2nd ed., Anthony S. Mercatante, rev. by James R. Dow, Facts on File, 2004, ISBN 0-8160-4708-1.
The contents below follow the indexing by subject in the second volume.
Abipone Indians
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Aesopic fables
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African
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Alacaluf Indians
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Amazonian
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Amazonian Indians of Brazil
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American
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Andes Indians
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Anglo Saxon
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Antilles
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Arabic
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Araucanian Indians of Chile
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Arawak Indians
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Arawak Indians of the Guianas
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Armenian
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Assyrian
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Australian
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Aztec
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Babylonian
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Bakairi Indians of central Brazil
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Bolivian
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Borneo
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Brazilian
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British
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Buddhism
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Buddhism
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Mudra – Abhaya mudra*; Anjali mudra*; Bhumisparsa mudra*; Dharmachakra mudra*; Dhyana mudra*; Vara mudra*; Vitarka mudra*; Vyakhyana mudra*;
Yul-Iha – Lha*; Tsan*; bDub*; gZah*; dMu*; Srin-po*; rGyal-po*; Ma-mo*;
Burmese
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Cakchiquel Indians
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Canaanite
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Carib Indian
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Celtic
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Chaco Indians
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Kasogonga ;
Chibcha Indians of Colombia
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Chinese
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Erh-shih-ssu Hsiao – Emperor Shun*; Tseng Shen*; Emperor Wen*; Min Sun*; Chung Yu*; T'ung Yung*; Yen Tz'u*; Chiango Ko or Kiang Keh*; Lu Hsü or Lu Sü*; T'ang Fu-jen or Ts'ui Shih or Ts'ui She*; Wu Mêng*; Wang Hsiang or Wang Siang*; Kuo Chu or Kwoh Ku*; Yang Hsiang or Yang Hiang*; Chu Shou-ch'ang or Cho Show-Chiang*; Yu Ch'ien-lou or Yü K'ien-low*; Ta'i Shun or Tseng Shên*; Lao Lai-tsu*; Huang Hsiang or Huang Hiang*; Chiang Shih or Kiang She*; Wang P'ou or Wang Ngai*; Ting Lan*; Men Tsung or Men Sung*; Huang T'ing-chien or Hwang T'ing-kien*;
Christian
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Adam and Eve ;
Adrian , Saint;
Afra , Saint;
Agatha , Saint;
Agnes of Montepulciano , Saint;
Agnes , Saint;
Alban , Saint;
All Souls' Day ;
Ambrose , Saint;
Andrew , Saint;
Anna and Joachim , Saints or Saint
Anna and Saint
Joachim ;
Anthony of Padua , Saint;
Anthony the Abbot , Saint;
Apollonia , Saint;
Apostle ;
Ash Wednesday ;
Augustine of Canterbury , Saint;
Augustine , Saint;
Baptism ;
Barbara , Saint;
Bartholomew , Saint;
Basil the Great , Saint;
Bavon , Saint;
Bede the Venerable , Saint;
Benedict , Saint;
Bernard of Clairvaux , Saint;
Blaise , Saint;
Bonaventura , Saint;
Boniface , Saint;
Boris and Gleb , Saints;
Brendan , Saint;
Bridget of Sweden , Saint;
Brigit , Saint;
Bruno , Saint;
Cain and Abel ;
Catherine of Alexandria , Saint;
Catherine of Siena , Saint;
Cecilia , Saint;
Christina the Astonishing , Saint;
Christopher , Saint;
Clare , Saint;
Clement of Rome, Saint;
Clotilda , Saint;
Columba , Saint;
Constantine the Great ;
Corpus Christi ;
Cosmas and Damian , Saints;
Crispin and Crispinian , Saints;
Cross ;
Cuthbert , Saint;
Cuthman , Saint;
Cyril and Methodius , Saints;
David , Saint;
Denis of France , Saint;
Domitilla, Nereus, and Achilleus , Saints;
Donato of Arezzo , Saint;
Dorothy or
Dorothea , Saint;
Dunstan , Saint;
Easter ;
Eloy of Noyon , Saint;
Eustace , Saint;
Fiacre , Saint;
Fools , Feast of or
Feast of Fools ;
Fourteen Holy Helpers *;
Francis of Assisi , Saint;
Francis Xavier , Saint;
George , Saint;
Giles , Saint;
Gregory the Great , Saint;
Helena , Saint;
Henry , Saint or
Emperor Henry II ;
Hilary of Poitiers , Saint;
Hubert , Saint;
Ignatius Loyola , Saint;
Isidore of Seville , Saint;
James the Greater , Saint or
Saint James Major ;
Jerome , Saint;
Joan of Arc , Saint;
John Chrysostom , Saint;
John the Baptist , Saint;
Joseph , Saint;
Judas Iscariot ;
Julian Hospitaller , Saint;
Justina of Antioch , Saint;
Leonard , Saint;
Longinus , Saint;
Louis , Saint;
Lucy of Syracuse , Saint;
Luke , Saint;
Magi ;
Mark , Saint;
Martha , Saint;
Martin of Tours , Saint;
Mary Magdalene , Saint;
Mary of Egypt , Saint;
Mass ;
Mercurius , Saint;
Nicholas , Saint;
Olaf , Saint;
Oswald , Saint;
Patrick , Saint;
Paul , Saint;
Peter , Saint;
Philip , Saint;
Ranieri , Saint;
Raymond Nonnato , Saint;
Raymond of Pennaforte , Saint;
Rémy , Saint;
Roch , Saint or
Roque , Saint;
Saints ;
Sebastian , Saint;
Sennadius , Dream of or
Dream of Sennadius ;
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ;
Swithen , Saint;
Teresa of Avila , Saint;
Thais , Saint;
Thecla , Saint;
Thomas à Becket , Saint;
Thomas Aquinas , Saint;
Thomas More , Saint;
Thomas , Saint;
Tobit ;
Ulrich , Saint;
Ursula , Saint;
Valentine , Saint;
Veronica , Saint;
Vincent de Paul , Saint;
Vincent , Saint;
Vitalis , Saint;
Vitus , Saint;
Vladimir of Kiev , Saint;
Walpurga or
Walpurgis or
Walburga or
Bugga , Saint;
Wenceslaus and Ludmilla , Saints;
Whitsunday ;
William of Norwich , Saint;
William of York , Saint;
Winefred or
Winefride or
Wenefrida or
Gwenfrewi or
Guinerva , Saint;
Wulfilaic , Saint;
Wulfram , Saint;
Zenobio , Saint;
Zeno , Saint;
Zita , Saint;
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Abgar ;
Abomination of Desolation ;
Advent ;
Albertus Magnus , Saint;
All Saints' Day ;
Alphege , Saint;
Apollyon ;
Aspen ;
Athanasius , Saint;
Baphomet ;
Barlaam and Josaphat ;
Barnabas , Saint;
Befana ;
Bernardino of Siena , Saint;
Candlemas Day or
Candlemass ;
Casilda , Saint;
Casimir of Poland , Saint;
Chad , Saint;
Cheron , Saint;
Diego de Alcalá , Saint;
Dismas or
Dysmas or
Dimas ;
Dives ;
Doctors of the Church ;
Drithelm , Saint;
Joannes Duns Scotus ;
Diego Durán ;
Ebba of Codingham , Saint;
Edith of Wilton , Saint;
Elizabeth of Portugal , Saint;
Evangelists , Four or
Four Evangelists ,
Exaltation of the Holy Cross ;
Fabiola , Saint;
Faith, Hope, and Charity , Saints;
Felicitas and her Seven Sons , Saints;
Ferdinand III of Castile , Saint;
Florian , Saint;
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ;
Fourteen Holy Helpers – Saint Achatius; Saint Barbara; Saint Blaise; Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Saint Christopher; Saint Cyriacus; Saint Denis; Saint Erasmus; Saint Eustace; Saint George; Saint Giles; Saint Margaret; Saint Pantaleon; Saint Vitus; Saint Dorothy; Saint Leonard of Noblac; Saint Oswald; Saint Nicholas;
Francesca Romana , Saint;
Gnosticism ;
Golden Legend , The;
Hagia Sophia ;
Hilda , Saint;
Hippolytus , Saint;
Holy Innocents Day ;
Icon ;
Ignatius of Antioch , Saint;
Ildefonso , Saint;
Isidore the Ploughman , Saint;
James the Less , Saint or
Saint James Minor ;
Januarius , Saint;
John the Evangelist , Saint;
Joseph of Arimathea , Saint;
Jude Thaddeus and Simon Zealot , Saints;
Justa and Rufina , Saints;
Kenelm , Saint;
Kentigern , Saint;
Kevin , Saint;
Keyne , Saint;
Kriss Kringle ;
Lammas ;
Lawrence , Saint;
Lazarus ;
Lord of Misrule ;
Lucifer ;
Mammon ;
Margaret , Saint;
Matthew , Saint;
Maundy Thursday ;
Maurice and the Theban Legion , Saint;
Medard of Noyon , Saint;
Monica , Saint;
Nicodemus ;
Pancras , Saint;
Peter Martyr , Saint;
Phocas , Saint;
Pontius Pilate ;
Quiracus , Saint;
Gilles de Rais ;
Regulus , Saint;
Robert , Saint;
Romanus , Saint;
Rosalia , Saint;
Rose of Lima , Saint;
Good Samaritan ;
Santes of Monte Fabri , Saint;
Sebald , Saint;
Serapion the Sinonite , Saint;
Simeon Stylites , Saint;
Simon Magus ;
Stanislaus of Cracow , Saint;
Stephen , Saint;
Tree of Jesse ;
Victor de Plancy , Saint;
Victor of Marseilles , Saint;
Wolfgang , Saint;
Yves or
Ives or
Ivo or
Ybus or
Helory , Saint;
Zacchaeus ;
Zacharias , Saint;
Subarticles
Fourteen Holy Helpers – Saint Achatius*; Saint Barbara*; Saint Blaise*; Saint Catherine of Alexandria*; Saint Christopher*; Saint Cyriacus*; Saint Denis*; Saint Erasmus*; Saint Eustace*; Saint George*; Saint Giles*; Saint Margaret*; Saint Pantaleon*; Saint Vitus*; Saint Dorothy*; Saint Leonard of Noblac*; Saint Oswald*; Saint Nicholas*;
Czech
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Danish
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Egyptian
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Eskimo
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European
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Finnish
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Finno-Ugric
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French
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German
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Germanic
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Greek
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Haitian
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Hindu
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Devi or Mahadeve – Sati*; Parvati*; Jaganmata*; Durga**; Kali**;
Panchatantra – Loss of Friends*; Winning of Friends*; Crows and Owls*; Loss of Gains*; Ill-Considered Action*;
Vishnu or Visnu or Vishnoo – Matsya*; Kurma*; Varaha*; Nara-sinha*; Vamana*; Parashu-rama*; Rama-chandra*; Krishna*; Buddha*; Kalki*;
Hittite
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Huamachuco Indians of Peru
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Huarochiri (Warachiri) Indians
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Hungarian
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Icelandic
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Inca
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Indo-Chinese
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Irish
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Islamic
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Italian
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Japanese
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Jewish
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Lapland
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Malayan
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Mayan
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Medieval
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Melanesian
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Mesopotamian
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Mexican
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Micronesian
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Mundurucu Indians of Brazil
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Muysca Indians of Colombia
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Near Eastern
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Norse
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North American
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North American Indian
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Northern
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Norwegian
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Ona Indians of Tierra del Fuego
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Orinoco and Guinea
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Orinoco Indians of South America
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Panamanian
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Persian
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Peruvian
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Philippine
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Phoenician
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Phrygian
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Plant
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Polish
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Polynesian
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Portuguese
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Pueleho Indians
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Roman
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The Aeneid – Book 1**; Book 2**; Book 3*; Book 4*; Book 5*; Book 6*; Book 7*; Book 8*; Book 9*; Book 10*; Book 11*; Book 12*;
Russian
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Scandinavian
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Scottish
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Serbian
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Siberian
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Slavic
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South American
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Spanish
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Spanish-Moorish
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Spanish South American
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Sumerian
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Sumero-Akkadian
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Surinam
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Swedish
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Syrian
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Syro-Phoenician
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Taino Indians of Cuba
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Tehuelche Indians
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Tehuelcho Indians
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Toltec
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Tupi Indians of Brazil
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Uapes Indians of Brazil
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Voodoo
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Wauru Indians of the Guianas
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Yahgan Indians of Tierra del Fuego
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Yucatan
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Zotzil Indians
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Unclassified
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