Abduction of Persephone by Greek Myth (Homeric Hymn to Demeter)
Achilles and the Trojan War by Greek Myth (Homer, Iliad)
Adapa and the South Wind by Mesopotamian Myth
Adventures of Hanuman by Hindu Myth (Ramayana, Valmiki)
Adventures of Maui by Polynesian Myth
Aeneid (Aeneas’ Journey) by Roman Myth (Virgil)
Amaterasu and the Cave by Japanese Shinto Myth
Amor and Psyche by Roman Myth (Apuleius, Metamorphoses)
Anansi the Trickster by West African Myth
Andvari’s Ring by Norse Myth (Völsunga Saga)
Antigone’s Defiance by Greek Myth (Sophocles)
Apollo and Daphne by Greek Myth (Ovid, Metamorphoses)
Arjuna and the Bhagavad Gita by Hindu Myth (Mahabharata, Vyasa)
Asclepius the Healer by Greek Myth
Atalanta’s Race by Greek Myth (Apollodorus)
Atrahasis and the Flood by Mesopotamian Myth
Baba Yaga by Slavic Folklore
Baldur’s Death by Norse Myth (Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson)
Beowulf and Grendel by Anglo-Saxon Epic
Birth of Athena by Greek Myth (Hesiod, Theogony)
Blue God Krishna’s Childhood by Hindu Myth (Bhagavata Purana)
Bragi the God of Poetry by Norse Myth
Brer Rabbit Tales by African-American Folklore
Cúchulainn’s Boyhood Deeds by Irish Myth (Ulster Cycle)
Cupid and Psyche by Roman Myth (Apuleius)
Daedalus and Icarus by Greek Myth (Ovid)
Danaë and the Golden Rain by Greek Myth (Apollodorus)
Demeter and Persephone by Greek Myth
Dido and Aeneas by Roman Myth (Virgil)
Draupadi’s Swayamvara by Hindu Myth (Mahabharata)
Durga Slays Mahishasura by Hindu Myth (Devi Mahatmya)
Edda Creation Myth by Norse Myth
Eklavya’s Devotion by Hindu Myth (Mahabharata)
Eros and Psyche by Greek/Roman Myth
Fenrir the Wolf by Norse Myth
Fisher King Legend by Arthurian Myth
Flying Horse Pegasus by Greek Myth (Hesiod)
Freya’s Necklace by Norse Myth
Frost Giants vs. Aesir by Norse Myth
Ganesha and the Broken Tusk by Hindu Myth (Puranas)
Ganga’s Descent (Ganga Avataran) by Hindu Myth
Gilgamesh and Enkidu by Mesopotamian Myth (Epic of Gilgamesh)
Glooscap and the Giant by Native American (Mi’kmaq)
Golden Fleece (Jason and Argonauts) by Greek Myth (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Grendel’s Mother by Anglo-Saxon Epic (Beowulf)
Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy by Chinese Myth
Hades and Orpheus by Greek Myth
Hainuwele Legend by Indonesian Myth (Seram Island)
Haku the Dragon (River Spirit) by Japanese Folklore
Harp of Dagda by Irish Myth
Hephaestus and Aphrodite by Greek Myth
Heracles’ Twelve Labors by Greek Myth (Apollodorus, Euripides)
Hero and Leander by Greek Myth (Musaeus)
Horus and Set by Egyptian Myth
How the Rainbow Serpent Made Rivers by Aboriginal Australian Myth
Humbaba and the Cedar Forest by Mesopotamian Myth
Hunahpu and Xbalanque (Hero Twins) by Mayan Myth (Popol Vuh)
Indra and Vritra by Hindu Myth (Rigveda)
Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld by Mesopotamian Myth
Isis and Osiris by Egyptian Myth (Plutarch’s account)
Izanagi and Izanami by Japanese Shinto Myth
Janus the Two-Faced God by Roman Myth
Jatayu’s Sacrifice by Hindu Myth (Ramayana)
Jonah and the Whale by Biblical Myth
Journey to the West (Monkey King Sun Wukong) by Chinese Myth (Wu Cheng’en)
Jörmungandr the World Serpent by Norse Myth
Kali vs. Raktabija by Hindu Myth (Devi Mahatmya)
Kamadeva and Shiva by Hindu Myth
King Arthur and Excalibur by Arthurian Legend
Krishna and Kaliya by Hindu Myth
Krishna and Radha by Hindu Myth
Kupe and the Discovery of Aotearoa by Maori Myth
Kvasir’s Wisdom by Norse Myth
Lakshmi Emerges from the Ocean by Hindu Myth (Samudra Manthan)
Leda and the Swan by Greek Myth (Ovid)
Loki’s Binding by Norse Myth
Loki Steals Sif’s Hair by Norse Myth
Maui Fishing Up Islands by Polynesian Myth
Medusa and Perseus by Greek Myth (Ovid)
Midas and the Golden Touch by Greek Myth (Ovid)
Minotaur in the Labyrinth by Greek Myth
Mjölnir Stolen by Norse Myth (Þrymskviða)
Monkey King Rebels in Heaven by Chinese Myth
Morrigan and the Dagda by Irish Myth
Narcissus and Echo by Greek Myth (Ovid)
Nezha vs. Dragon King by Chinese Myth
Odin’s Sacrifice for Wisdom by Norse Myth (Hávamál)
Odin vs. Fenrir by Norse Myth
Oedipus Rex by Greek Myth (Sophocles)
Orpheus and Eurydice by Greek Myth (Virgil, Ovid)
Pandora’s Box by Greek Myth (Hesiod, Works and Days)
Parvati Marries Shiva by Hindu Myth
Phaethon and the Sun Chariot by Greek Myth (Ovid)
Phoenix Rebirth by Egyptian & Greek Myth
Pied Piper of Hamelin by German Folklore
Popol Vuh Creation Story by Mayan Myth
Prometheus and the Fire by Greek Myth (Hesiod)
Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca by Aztec Myth
Rama and Sita by Hindu Myth (Ramayana)
Raven Creates the World by Native American (Tlingit)
Rhiannon and the Birds by Welsh Myth (Mabinogion)
Rumpelstiltskin by German Folklore (Brothers Grimm)
Samson’s Strength by Biblical Myth
Sati’s Sacrifice by Hindu Myth
Scylla and Charybdis by Greek Myth
Sedna, Goddess of the Sea by Inuit Myth
Sif’s Golden Hair by Norse Myth
Sigurd and Fafnir by Norse Myth (Völsunga Saga)
Sirens and Odysseus by Greek Myth (Homer, Odyssey)
Skadi the Huntress by Norse Myth
Snow White (Myth/Fairytale origins) by German Folklore
Spartacus the Gladiator by Roman Legend
Sun Wukong Steals Peaches of Immortality by Chinese Myth
Susanoo and Yamata-no-Orochi by Japanese Shinto Myth
Tanabata (Weaving Princess & Cowherd) by Japanese Myth
Theseus and the Minotaur by Greek Myth
Thor and the Giants by Norse Myth
Thor’s Fishing Trip by Norse Myth
Thor vs. Jörmungandr by Norse Myth
Thor’s Journey to Utgard-Loki by Norse Myth
Thunderbirds by Native American Myth
Tiamat vs. Marduk by Mesopotamian Myth (Enuma Elish)
Titanomachy (War of Titans) by Greek Myth (Hesiod)
Tristan and Isolde by Arthurian Legend
Trojan Horse by Greek Myth (Virgil, Homer)
Ullr the Skier by Norse Myth
Valkyries’ Ride by Norse Myth
Vishnu’s Avatars by Hindu Myth
Völund the Smith by Norse Myth
Vulcan’s Forge by Roman Myth
Wukong and the Buddha’s Palm by Chinese Myth
Yamato Takeru by Japanese Myth
Ymir the Giant by Norse Myth
Zeus and Europa by Greek Myth (Ovid)
Zeus and Io by Greek Myth
Zeus and Semele by Greek Myth
Zeus and Hera’s Marriage by Greek Myth
Ziusudra and the Flood by Sumerian Myth
