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INDEX
A Abel 57, 61, 62, 96, 127-128, 138, 178, 180, 183
Adams, Douglas 11, 18, 20, 81—88 , 90,91—93, 162, 170, 245, 252, 258, 263, Æsir (see also Gods, Norse) 94, 106
Alice (see also Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass) 184, 195, 208, 210, 214 angels (see also Islington, the Angel) 50, 53—55, 58, 85-86, 97-98, 102, 107, 152, 153, 177, 187—189, 196, 216-217, 226, 230, 262
Anansi (see Nancy, Mr.) 97, 106-107
Anglo-Saxon 22-23, 27-30, 33, 103, 144-145
Anubis (see also Death, Gods of ) 173, 175, 227
Apocalypse 162, 164-165, 225
appetite (see also cannibalism and consumption) 23, 142, 144-156, 161, 164, 166-167, 232-233
Armageddon (see Apocalypse) 250
Artemis (see also Diana) 128, 165, 225
Asgard 83, 101, 189, 248
Avary, Roger 13, 16, 26, 27-28, 30-33, 103, 108
Azrael (see also Death, Gods of ) 50
B Babylon (see myth, Babylonian) 100, 108, 173, 225 Babylon 5 (TV Show) 18, 64—71, 74, 77-79 Bast 170, 190
Batman (comic series) 18, 64-68, 71-75, 78, 241 Batman (character) 64-66, 71-74, 78-79, 134, 252 Beowulf (character) 16, 24, 25-33, 104, 108 Beowulf (poem) 16-17, 21-33, 104, 152, 168, 207 Beowulf (film) see under Gaiman, (works of ) Berúthiel, Queen 155-157
Bible, The 35, 53, 55, 58, 166
Bilquis 150-55
blood 26, 59-60, 94, 105-106, 111-114, 130, 152, 155-156, 159, 165-166, 228-9 Bustamonte, Mrs. 135, 167
C Cain 57, 61, 62, 96, 127, 128, 131, 152, 178, 180, 183
Campbell, Helena 186, 209
Campbell, Joseph 64, 78, 157, 173, 176, 215, 217,
The Hero with a Thousand Faces 173, 209, 216, 221,222, 260 cannibalism 56, 113, 143, 147-148, 151-155, 157-159, 187, 224
Chaos and Order (or Brute and Glob) 97, 107, 178, 224
Chesterton, C.K. 49, 63, 81, 261
Christian/Christianity (see also myth, Judeo-Christian and Gods, JudeoChristian) 29-31, 33, 36-37, 42-43, 46, 50, 53, 55, 57, 62, 91, 145-146, 177, 186, 219, 225-226, 230-231, 248
Coats, Graham 182-183
Constantine, John 104, 205, 248
consumption (acts of ) 104, 113, 138, 143, 147-159, 161, 167, 178, 195, 201-202, 212, 232-233
Coraline 13, 15, 156-159, 170, 181, 183-184, 187, 195-196, 209-212, 221-2, 264 Croup and Vandemar 178
Mr. Croup 196, 216
Cthulhu (see also Lovecraft, H.P.) 98, 107, 201-202
Cynthia (see also Goddess, Moon and Goddess, Triple) 127-129, 131, 248, Czernobog 179, 200-203
D D.C. Comics & mythology 72, 86, 99, 226
Dee, John 85, 86, 90, 129-130, 220
Dent, Arthur 82, 84, 86-90
Doppelgänger 181-182
death (act of, symbolism of ) 15-16, 37, 40, 43-44, 49-51, 53, 56-62, 65, 72-73, 89, 111-116, 118, 126, 132, 145, 149-150, 153, 161-165, 174-175, 177, 180, 182, 213, 225, 228-233
Death, Gods of 12, 13, 44, 50-52
Death (of the Endless) 12, 15, 17, 51-52, 54-56, 61, 95, 96, 98, 104, 106, 107, 129, 145, 173-179, 217, 230
Delirium/Delight (of the Endless) 98, 100, 105, 177, 217, 219
Demeter (see also Goddess) 97, 224
Demon 26, 54, 55, 150-151
Desire (of the Endless) 98, 105, 108, 176, 217, 219-220
Despair (of the Endless) 98, 105, 108, 176, 184, 217
Destiny (of the Endless) 85, 86, 98, 129-130, 138-139, 177, 217, 219 Destruction (of the Endless) 98, 100, 177, 182, 217, 225
Devil, the (see also Lucifer) 108, 146, 177, 230, 250
Diana (see also Artemis and Goddess, Moon) 125, 128,
Doctor Destiny (see John Dee) 85, 86, 129, 180, 220
Doctor Who 16-19, 64-68, 71, 74-80, 84, 252
Dogknife, Lord 155, 187, 189
Door, Lady 84, 89, 136, 184, 189, 214, 216, 217
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 203, 234
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 203, 234
108, 128-132, 155, 165, 174-184, 217-220, 225-227, 247-248,
Dreaming, the 89, 101, 105, 107, 108, 128, 131, 132, 165, 166, 174, 178, 182, 218, 219, 220,
Dreamstone, the 85, 98, 220
Dunwiddy, Mrs. 135, 166-167
E Eden, Garden of 57, 60, 97, 153, 211, 230
Elves 83, 99, 139
Elves 83, 99, 139
130, 137, 173-174, 177, 185, 217, 219-220, 248
Ereschigal (see also Hecate) 131, 138
Eve 49, 55-62, 127, 131-133, 146, 174, 177, 180
Daughter of 61, 146
Sin of 40, 42, 58
F Faerie/Faërie 83, 99,159-160, 180, 211, 219, fairy/fairies 83, 92, 99-100, 142, 183, 184
fairy/fairies 83, 92, 99-100, 142, 183, 184
160, 179, 194, 199, 254
Fates, the 61, 107,125-127, 129, 132, 135, 137, 150, 174, 236,
Foxglove and Hazel 131, 133, 138, 165-166
Frazer, James 126
Future Shocks 240, 242-246, 251
Furies, the (see also Fates, the) 125-126, 130, 132, 137, 139, 155, 165, 174, 182 Fury, the 130
Fury, Nick (also Sir Nicholas Fury) 250-251
G Gaia 224, 227, 236
Gaiman, Neil (author) 11-19, 21, 26-27, 31, 35, 38-39, 43, 49, 81, 91-92, 133, 198, 242, 249
Gaiman, Neil (works of )
“A Parliament of Rooks” 174
American Gods 1, 13-15, 46, 64-65, 94-97, 101-108, 133-135, 141, 150, 174-175, 179, 182-183, 188, 192, 194, 200, 203, 206, 223, 227- 228, 236-237, 257,
Anansi Boys 1, 13, 94-95, 104, 106-107, 135, 166, 174, 182-3, 192, 200 “A Study in Emerald” 16, 233-234
“Bay Wolf ” 27-28, 207
Beowulf 1, 13, 16, 26-29, 31, 103-104, 108
Blueberry Girl 136, 139
Books of Magic, The 98, 134, 136, 184, 205, 253
Mr. Punch: The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy 183, 240, 249, 251 Coraline 1, 13, 15, 181, 184, 187, 195, 196, 209
Death: the High Cost of Living 104, 174, 175
“The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch” 191 “The Doctor’s Wife” 16, 65, 68, 74, 76-78, 252
DON’T PANIC: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 82-83, 92
Endless Nights 182
“Feeders and Eaters” 147, 150
“Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire” 204
Fragile Things 84
“Instructio
ns” 84, 142, 156
Good Omens 97, 158, 162, 164, 177, 179, 187-188
“Goliath” 198, 233, 235-236
Graveyard Book, The 1, 13, 15, 17, 35-36, 43, 45-46, 50-51, 161, 179, 184, 188, 192, 195
“I Cthulhu” 201
“It’s Only the End of the World Again” 193, 201-202
“Keepsakes and Treasures” 148, 190
Interworld 82, 88, 91, 155, 187-189, 194, 196
“Locks” 110, 118, 120-123
Marvel 1602 240, 250-252
MirrorMask 178, 181, 186-187, 194-195
Neverwhere 82, 84, 94-95, 97, 101, 133, 136, 139, 178, 181-182, 184, 187-189, 191, 194, 196, 213-215
Odd and the Frost Giants, 182, 189
“The Problem of Susan” 17, 35-36, 38-40, 43, 256
“Ramadan” 184
Sandman, TheSandman, The 86, 94-102, 104-107, 127-133, 135-138, 165, 170, 173, 175-178, 180, 182, 200, 217-221, 225, 227, 230, 246-248, 251-253, 256 A Game of You 84, 89, 92, 100-101, 130, 133, 138, 165, 179, 183 Brief Lives 100, 108, 183, 225
The Doll’s House 105, 129, 137,139, 178-179
Dream Country 107-108, 130
The Dream Hunters 133, 139
Fables and Reflections 98, 107, 153, 180, 248, 253
The Kindly Ones 56, 94, 130, 132, 139, 155-156, 159, 165, 175, 226 Preludes and Nocturnes 54, 73, 85, 104, 174
Season of Mists 54, 60, 96-97, 99, 130-131, 178, 225-226
The Wake 14, 72-73, 97, 100, 131, 133, 226
“Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar” 201-202
Smoke and Mirrors 27, 114, 179, 194, 197, 207,
“Snow, Glass, Apples” 110-111, 116, 122-123, 154, 165, 167, 179 StardustStardust 193, 195-196, 219
“The White Road” 110, 115, 117, 122
Wolves in the Walls 184
Gardner, Gerald 143-144, 163
Genesis, Book of 57, 62, 186, 226, 230,
Gimbutas, Marija 126-127, 145, 149-150
Goddess (see also Goddess, Moon and Goddess, Triple) 18, 50, 100, 107, 125, 127, 135-136, 145, 149-150, 157, 165-166, 170, 189, 224-225, 230, 236 Goddess, Moon 125, 127-131, 150, 165-167, 225, 248
Goddess, Triple (see also Maiden-Mother-Crone) 18, 125-128, 130-139, 145, 150, 158
Gods, Elder (see also Lovecraft H.P.) 98, 201-203, 234-236, 253
Gods, Greek 50, 96-98, 105, 107, 125-126, 129, 137-139, 165, 175, 180, 182, 223-224, 227, 231, 236
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