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Tables of Contents for The World's Great Nature Myths
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
13
4
SPIRITS OF THE TREES AND FLOWERS
Tulips (Celtic, Northern Europe)
17
2
Three Trees Become Evergreen (Mongolia)
19
2
The Peony Is Exiled from the Royal Garden (China)
21
2
Lovers in the Birch Trees (Penobscot Indians)
23
2
The Legend of the Snowdrop (England)
25
2
The Birth of the Almond Tree (Tangier, Morocco)
27
2
The Changing of the Waratah Blossom (Australia)
29
2
Cowslip and the Keys of Heaven (England)
31
2
Alder and Rhododendron (Nepal)
33
2
Wallflower (Scotland)
35
3
Legend of the Azalea (China)
38
5
CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
The Birds Find Their Homes (Africa)
43
2
Why Spider Has a Small Waist (Liberia)
45
2
Nanabozho and the Wild Geese (Ojibwa Indians)
47
2
A Tale of Skylark (Japan)
49
2
Homage to the Ants (Burma)
51
2
Wren Becomes King of the Birds (Ireland)
53
2
Tsenzi, the Honey Bird (Zimbabwe)
55
2
Why Bat Hangs Upside Down (Lake Albert, the Congo)
57
2
Meadowlark Gains His Voice (Pomo Indians)
59
2
Sad Croak of the Green Frog (Korea)
61
2
The Origin of Butterflies (Korea)
63
2
Sacred Goose Gets His Golden Breast (Tibet)
65
3
Why the Robin Has a Read Breast (Ireland)
68
5
TALES FROM THE HEAVENS
Silver River (Vietnam)
73
2
Birth of the Sun (Australia)
75
2
Frog and the Marriage of Sun and Moon's Daughter (Angola)
77
4
The Gift of the Rainbow (Philippines)
81
2
Queen Berenice's Hair (Greece)
83
2
When Sun Married Moon (Togo, Africa)
85
2
Hare Steals the Sun (Bananzwa, Southern Africa)
87
3
The Maiden Rescued by the Moon (Siberia)
90
2
Crow Saves the Sun (Japan)
92
2
Moon Is Hung in the Sky (Mandingo, Africa)
94
2
Rain Comes to Earth (West Africa)
96
2
How Broken Love Made the Moon and North Star (Nigeria)
98
5
THE MAKINGS THE EARTH
The Making of Mount Shasta (Modoc Indians)
103
2
The White Cliffs of Dover (Netherlands)
105
2
The Coming of Water (Kwakiutl Indians)
107
2
Giant Levels a Mountain (Java, Indonesia)
109
3
The Hills of Achik Asong (India)
112
2
Glacier of Tears (New Zealand)
114
2
Why There Are Earthquakes (Korea)
116
2
The Beaches of Taranaki (New Zealand)
118
2
Cascade Mountains Block the Rain (Native Americans)
120
5
THE NATURE OF THE THINGS
Children Learn to Walk (Ojibwa Indians)
125
2
The Coming of Darkness (Sierra Leone, Africa)
127
2
The Story of the Tides (Philippines)
129
3
Northern Lights (Sweden)
132
2
Fairy's in Well (Yorkshire, England)
134
3
Water Visits Sun (Nigeria)
137
2
The Birth of Lighting (Laos)
139
3
Sleep Comes from the Flowers (India)
142
2
The Coming of Night (Brazil)
144
3
The Lost Voice of Piso Lake (Liberia)
147
2
Wind Teaches Healing (Pomo Indians)
149
2
The Hidden People (Iceland)
151
2
The Pipes of Pan (Ancient Greece)
153
2
The Healing Waters (Iroquois)
155
3
The Forest and the tiger (Java, Indonesia)
158