The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman

by Burke, Jessica

  Gods, Judeo-Christian (see also Jesus) 38, 41, 43, 53-55, 57, 70, 87, 91, 94, 153, 163, 173, 177, 179, 184, 226, 230

  Gods, Hindu 135, 145, 150, 206

  Gods, Hindu 135, 145, 150, 206

  106, 108, 125, 134-135, 145, 174-175, 182, 189, 225, 227-228

  Gods, assorted (see also individual listings) 12-15, 18, 52, 83, 92, 94-96, 98-100, 102-104, 106-107, 117, 129, 135, 137, 153-154, 167, 174, 182, 184, 188, 194, 200-201, 206, 223-225, 227-228, 230, 233, 236-237, 257

  Goldilocks 118

  Gorgo (see Hecate)

  Gorgon/Gorgons 132, 138, 158

  Graces, the 125-126, 128, 137

  Graves, Robert 126, 165

  Grendel 25-28, 32, 104

  Grendel, Mother of 26, 28, 31-32, 104, 158

  Grey, Lady on the (see also Death, Gods of ) 44, 50-51

  H Hades 50, 97, 107, 189, 224

  Hall, Lyta 130, 132, 138-139, 165, 174, 182 Harker, Joey 82, 87, 90, 156, 187-190, 193-194, 196 Hazel (see Foxglove and Hazel)

  Hecate 125-126, 128, 131, 137-138, 145, 165-166

  Hel 50

  Hel 50

  226, 230, 248

  hell-mouth 153

  hell-mouth 153

  211, 213-214, 216-218, 221

  Higgler, Mrs. 135, 166-167

  Hippolyta (see also Hall, Lyta or Titania) 105, 130

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the (see also Douglas Adams) 82, 89, 162 Holmes, Sherlock 16-17, 203, 234-235

  Hrothgar 25-26, 104

  I Indigo, Lady 155-156, 165, 188 Innsmouth 202-203

  Islington, the Angel 97, 188-189, 196 Ishtar 97, 100, 107-108, 225-226

  J

  Jesus (see also Gods, Judeo-Christian) 37, 43, 53, 231-232 Judeo-Christian (see Christianity and myth, Judeo-Christian)

  K Kabbalah 85, 92

  Kalī 135, 145, 150

  Kincaid, Unity 104-105

  Kindley Ones, The (see also Fates and Furies) 139, 156, 159, 174, 182

  L Lamia/lamia 139, 142, 144, 147, 152 Laura (American Gods) 150, 151 Larissa (see Thessaly) 100, 137, 139, 165

  Lamia (see also Lilith) 139, 142, 144, 147, 152

  Lamia (see also Lilith) 139, 142, 144, 147, 152

  171, 215, 222

  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 215, 222

  The Chronicles of Narnia 35, 36, 38, 40, 43-46

  Lilim, the 57, 134, 142, 153, 156-160, 165, 166, 174, 195

  Lilith 49, 53, 54-63, 131, 134, 151-153, 159

  Loki 94, 96, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 174, 175, 182, 228

  London Below 97, 184, 191, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217

  Lovecraft, H.P. (see also Cthulhu) 13, 62, 98, 106, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 234-5 Lucifer 52, 54-55, 60, 62, 94, 102, 107-108, 187-188, 225-226, 230, 248 Luther, Martin 146-147, 149-150, 154-156, 164

  Lyesmith, Low Key (see Loki) 94, 182

  M Mab (see Titania)

  MacDonald, George 17, 18, 49-63

  magic, concepts of 85, 86, 141, 143-145, 147, 151, 154-155, 157, 160, 167-168, 200, 208, 250

  Maiden-Mother-Crone (see also Triple Goddess) 126-131, 133, 135, 138-139, 150, 161, 174

  Malleus Maleficarum 142-144, 146-148, 152-160, 162-163, 165, 168 Matrix, The 137, 195, 198, 236

  Mayhew, Richard 88, 89, 90, 184, 213, 216, 221

  Middle-earth 83, 170

  Mildred, Mordred, Cynthia (see also Triple Goddess) 127-131, 248 Milton, John 53, 54, 55, 103, 226, 230

  Paradise Lost 53, 54, 230

  mirrors 18, 173-174, 177, 181, 183-184, 186, 194-196, 208, 210, 236 MirrorMask, the 195. 196

  Moon, Drawing Down the 131, 165-167

  Morpheus (see Dream) 52, 85, 98, 107, 182-83, 217-221

  Mormo (see also Hecate) 131, 138-39, 166

  Moriarty, Professor (see also Holmes, Sherlock and Doyle, Arthur Conan) 203, 234-235

  Morrígan, the 56, 107, 125, 127-128, 132, 135, 145, 170

  Mother, Other 156-159, 165, 181, 183, 187, 195, 210-211

  myth, Assyrian/Assyro-Babylonian 57-58, 97, 225

  myth, definitions of/ concepts of 13, 16, 18-19, 24, 29, 33, 35-36, 45-46, 49, 56, 62,64, 66-68, 70-72, 74, 76-78, 95, 97, 103, 137, 173-174, 180, 186, 192, myth, Greek 13, 32, 35-36, 45, 50, 66, 95, 96-98, 103, 107, 125, 137-139, 175, 223-224, 227, 231, 236, 248, 251

  myth, Hebrew 85, 92, 230

  myth, Judeo-Christian 55, 57, 62, 91, 186, 226,

  myth, Norse 13, 25, 50, 66, 94, 103, 125, 145, 182, 189, 194, 225, 227,

  N Nada 54,220

  Nancy, Fat Charlie 104, 106, 135, 174, 183 Nancy, Mr. 203

  Narnia 17, 36-38, 41-44, 46-47, 166, 208, 215 Necrophilia 155

  Neo-Pagan 126, 142, 143, 144, 165, 167 Nicholas, Saint 231, 233, 234

  Norns, the (see Fates) 125, 127, 128, 134 Norse (language) 23, 103

  Nuala 99, 139

  O Odd 182, 189, 194

  Odin 13, 56, 94, 96, 103, 108, 134-135, 174, 225, 227

  Old English (see also Ango-Saxon) 22-25, 28, 33, 103, 104, 144, 185 Old Ones, Great (see Lovecraft, Cthulhu, Elder Gods) 98, 203, 234-236 Orpheus (see also Dream and Gods, Greek) 97, 98, 105, 107, 175, 180, 182

  P Pagan (see also Neo-Pagan) 24, 29, 50 Pevensie children (see Lewis and Narnia) 36, 215 Pevensie, Susan 17, 35-45, 47, 215

  Poppins, Mary 43, 51

  Pratchett, Terry 107, 133, 137, 162-164, 168, 187-188, 197 Prefect, Ford 82, 87, 89

  Princess, the (“Snow, Glass, Apples”) 89, 110-114, 154, 155 Prose Edda 56, 106, 186

  Q

  Queen (“Snow, Glass, Apples”) 110-114, 123, 154-155, 165 Queen, Witch (see Lilim) 59, 134, 139, 159-161

  R

  Ragnarök 194, 225

  S Sandman, the (see also Dream) 52, 55-56, 64-65, 72-74, 78, 79, 103, 107-108, 128, 136, 138-140, 170, 180, 240, 247-248, 252,

  Sandman, The (original D.C. series) 180, 247-248

  Shadow (see also American GodsAmerican Gods 183, 188, 190, 192, 194, 200-201, 227-228

  Silmarillion, the 96, 107, 160, 166, 187

  Shakespeare 45, 97, 99, 125, 137, 141, 248

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream 99, 125, 180

  Macbeth 125, 126, 128, 137-138, 166-167, 248, 251

  The Tempest 248

  Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar, 11, 107, 201-202

  Snow White (see Princess and “Snow, Glass, Apples”) 110-111, 113-114, 123, 142, 154-156

  Spenser, Edmund 99,

  The Faerie Queene 99, 158

  Spider 135, 166, 167, 174, 196

  Susan 17, 35-47

  Swamp Thing 128, 134, 139

  succubus (see also lamia and Lilith) 146, 152, 213

  T TARDIS 74, 75, 76, 78

  Thessaly/Larissa 100, 108, 131, 133, 137-139, 165-166

  Thor 13, 94, 96, 174-175

  Titania 99-100

  Titania 99-100

  160, 166, 170, 186-187, 195, 208-209, 253-255

  “On Fairy Stories” 208-209

  “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics” 16, 23, 25, 32

  The Hobbit 23-25, 63, 253

  The Lord of the Rings 23-25, 86, 93

  The Unfinished Tales 156

  U

  Una, Lady (of Stormhold) 105, 161

  V Vagina Dentata (see also consumption and appetite) 151-155 Valar (see also Tolkien) 96, 107, 160, 166, 187

  Valinor, Two Trees of 166, 187

  vampire (see also Princess) 31, 123, 142, 152-156, 192 vampirism 59-60 111-113, 152, 155-156, 165-166 Vess, Charles 134, 136, 139

  W Wednesday (see also Odin) 103, 105, 150, 174, 183, 200-201, 203, 227-228 witch/witches 18, 39, 44, 100, 110-114, 125-126, 128, 131-139, 141-168, 179, 195, 205, 248

  witches (in Macbeth) 125-126, 128, 138, 248

  Wonderland (see also Alice) 184, 208

  X

  Xena 102

  Y

  Yvaine 160-161

  Z

  Zoryas, the 134, 139, 150, 157, 192, 200-201

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