abdomen, 12

Achelous. See gods

Achilleion, 44, 97–99

Aesir. See gods and goddesses

Africa, 37, 50, 81, 119n10, 144n213

Agade, 29

agriculture, 28

Akkadian, 26–27, 29, 123n38

Amaterasu. See goddesses

Ame-no-Uzume no Mikoto. See goddesses

Anat. See goddesses

Anatolia/Anatolian, xx, xxiv, 1, 10, 20, 43–45, 70, 72, 84, 106, 116, 151, 159, 163

anasyrma, 33, 35, 37–38, 40–41, 51, 114, 124n50, 125nn51–52, 126n67, 127nn72–73

Andersen, Hans Christian, 88

antefix, 78–79, 89, 138n183, 141n199, 141n201, 146n232

Aphrodite. See goddesses

Apollodorus, 40, 80, 128n78, 142n203, 144n207

appendage, 16, 87

arm, 6, 8–10, 12, 16–18, 60, 66, 69, 75, 95, 99–100, 120n12

ardhamaksana, 48

Arcadia, 40

Armenia/Armenian, 50, 138n83

arousal, 33, 35, 59, 74

Ashtarte. See goddesses

asuras, 52–53

Avamedha, 149

Atum (see R). See gods

axis mundi, 27

Ba’al. See gods

Ba Banh. See goddesses

Baba Marta. See goddesses

Babaruda, 49

Bahuchara Mata. See goddesses

Balkan, 6, 8, 20, 112

Bantu, 50

Bao Si, 64–65, 135n149, 136n164

Barber, E. J. W., 121n20

Barber, Paul, 142n202, 144n209

Battle of Moytura, 100

Baubo, xxii, 33–36, 40–41, 74, 125n56, 139n187, 153n304

bear, 70–72, 113, 153n303

Bellerophon, 39, 125n51, 140n187, 148n249

Bengal, 49

Bes. See gods

bird, 27, 69, 84, 87–88, 100, 106, 122n33, 141n201, 153n303

birth/birthing, 5–6, 11, 25, 33, 35–37, 44–45, 48, 65, 67–70, 72, 78, 80, 97–99, 110, 115, 119n10, 121n30, 139n187, 147n239