• 1. The Structural Analysis of Myth 1.1. The Nature of Myths 1.2. Time and History 1.3. Understanding Myths 1.4. Myth and the Cultural Order 1.5. Problems of Method 2. Indo-European Cultures as a Field of Ethnological Study 2.1. The Social Organization of Indo-European Society 2.2. Social Stratification and the Political Order 2.3. The Indo-European Pantheon 3. The Wars of the Gods in Scandinavian Mythology 3.1. The Scandinavian Pantheon in Icelandic Sources 3.2. The War Between the Giants and the Gods 3.3. The War Between the Aesir and the Vanir 3.4. Ragnarok 4. The Cycle of the Mead 4.1. The Feast of Immortality 4.2. The Origin of the Mead 4.3. Sharing the Mead 4.4. The Lure of Consumption 4.5. The Bird and the Snake 5. The Magic Cauldron 5.1. The Sons of Tuirill Biccreo 5.2. The Death of Cu Roi 5.3. The Second Branch of the Mabinogion 5.4. The Magic Cauldron 5.5. The Iron House 6. The Severed Head 6.1. Dionysos 6.2. Pallas Athena 6.3. The Capture of the Mead 6.4. The Head of the Gorgo 6.5. The Labours of Herakles 6.6. The Voyage of the Argo 7. The Battles of Mag Tured 7.1. The Six Immigrants 7.2. The First Battle of Mag Tured 7.3. The Second Battle of Mag Tured 7.4. Problems of Succession 7.5. The First Kings of the Tuath De Danann 8. The Roman Kings 8.1. The Foundation of Rome 8.2. Romans and Sabines 8.3. The Tarquinian Dynasty 9. The Unworthy King 9.1. The Medieval Epics 9.2. Arthur and the Round Table 9.3. Charlemagne 9.4. The Fairy-Tales 9.5. The Development of Indo-European Mythology

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