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Curriculum Materials: World Mythology
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Myth by Image

Lady Teshat

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Mummy Case of Lady Teshat

Egypt
1085-710 B.C.
Thoth

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

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Statuette of Isis

Egypt
1st century A.D.
Memorial Tusk

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Memorial Tusk

Nigeria (Edo)
Late 18th-early 19th century (Kingdom of Benin)
King's Crown

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King's Crown

Nigeria (Yoruba)
19th century
Antelope Headdress

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Antelope Headdress

Mali (Bamana)
20th century
Hydria

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Hydria

Antimenes painter
Greece
530-500 B.C.
Oceanus

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Oceanus

Rome
1st - 2nd centuries A.D. (Empire)
Cassone


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Cassone

Italy
About 1600
Theseus

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Theseus Slaying a Centaur

About 1855
Antoine-Louis Barye
France, 1796-1875
Orpheus

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Orpheus and Eurydice

1910
Maurice Denis
France, 1870-1943
Medusa

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Door Knocker in Form of Medusa

1925
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle
France (1861-1929)
Saint Catherine

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Austria
1450-60
Magdalen

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The Elevation of the Magdalen

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

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Nebuchadnezzar

1795
William Blake
England, 1757-1827


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The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa

1931
Grant Wood
United States (1891-1942)
Ketoh

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Ketoh (Wrist Guard)

United States (Navajo)
About 1930


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Chief's Rattle

Canada (Haida)
19th-20th century
Lakota dress

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Woman's Dress

United States (Lakota)
20th century
Malagan Pole

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Malagan Pole

Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
19th century
Presentation Box

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Presentation Box

China
1736-95 (Ch'ing dynasty)
Dragon Robe

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Dragon Robe

China
19th century
Nio Guardian Figures

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Nio Guardian Figures

Japan
About 1360
Shoki, the Demon Queller

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Shoki, the Demon Queller

Japan
18th century

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