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Curriculum Materials: World Mythology
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Hero Myths

Lady Teshat

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Egypt
Mummy Case of Lady Teshat
1085-710 B.C.

Thoth

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Egypt
Thoth
664-525 B.C. (26th Dynasty)

Statuette of Isis

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Egypt
Statuette of Isis
1st century A.D.

Memorial Tusk

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Nigeria (Edo)
Memorial Tusk
Late 18th-early 19th century (Kingdom of Benin)

Antelope Headdress

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Mali (Bamana)
Antelope Headdress
20th century

Hydria

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Antimenes painter
Greece
Hydria
530-500 B.C.

Theseus

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Antoine-Louis Barye
France, 1796-1875
Theseus Slaying a Centaur
About 1855

Medusa

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Emile-Antoine Bourdelle
France (1861-1929)
Door Knocker in Form of Medusa
1925

Saint Catherine

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Austria
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
1450-60

Magdalen

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Peter Strub the Younger (Master of Messkirch)
Germany, active 1530-43
The Elevation of the Magdalen
16th century



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Grant Wood
United States (1891-1942)
The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa
1931

Ketoh

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United States (Navajo)
Ketoh (Wrist Guard)
About 1930

Malagan Pole

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Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
Malagan Pole
19th century

Nio Guardian Figures

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Japan
Nio Guardian Figures
About 1360

Shoki, the Demon Queller

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Japan
Shoki, the Demon Queller
18th century


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