The Virago Book of Erotic Myths and Legends by Shahrukh Husain (Virago, February 14, 2002, 1-86049-801-9, £8.99, 294pp, tp, oc, cover by Georges Barbier)
Original collection of 25 stories, verses and extracts, based on the ancient legends of Persia, India, Greece, China, Sumer, Wales, England, Egypt, and others. The book includes some reprints, and original items commissioned from other authors.
- 1 · Introduction · Shahrukh Husain · in
- · Section One: Wakenings
- 7 · The City of Longing · Aamer Hussein · ss
reworked from the Persian, Haft Paikar by Nizami Ganjevi of Ganja.
- 15 · A Pastoral Song · Shahrukh Husain · nv
- 39 · Amaltheia and Chryse · Harry Robin · ss 1996
from The Affairs of Zeus (1st Books, 1996).
- 51 · The Vernal Palace · Li Yu (translated) · ss (r)
from The Carnal Prayermat (Wordworth Classics, date unknown).
- 70 · The Arousal of Inanna · Shahrukh Husain · pm
based on the translation by Yitschak Sefat, Love Songs in Sumeria (Barllan University Press, Israel, 1998).
- · Section Two: Desire
- 89 · The Tobacco Plant · Cotti Burland · vi 1965
from North American Indian Mythology (Hamlyn, London, 1965).
- 90 · Izanagi and Izanami · Shahrukh Husain · ss
- 94 · The Queen of the Summer Country [King Arthur] · Rosalind Miles · ex Simon & Schuster UK, 1999
- 105 · Eset’s Love Quest · Shahrukh Husain · nv
- 137 · The Ballad of Skirnir · Shahrukh Husain · pm
based on Part of the Poetic Edda of Iceland by Snorri Sturluson (1177-1350).
- · Section Three: Games of Love
- 149 · Maui · David Leeming & Jake Page · ex from God—Myths of the Male Divine, The Oxford University Press, 1996
- 153 · Hera’s Deceit · Shahrukh Husain · ss
based on episodes in Homer’s Iliad.
- 169 · The Conception of Hatshepsut · Shahrukh Husain · ss
- 179 · El · Anonymous; translated by Cyrus H. Gordon · ex from Mythologies of the Ancient World, Doubleday, 1961
- 182 · Aroma’s Trick · Li Yu (translated) · ss (r)
from The Carnal Prayermat (Wordworth Classics, date unknown).
- · Section Four: Tales of Lust and Ribaldry
- 201 · The Lusty Lass · Anonymous; translated by Dafydd Johnstone · ex from Medieval Welsh Erotic Poetry (Canu Maswedd yr Oesoedd Canol), 1998
- 203 · Dahama and Moussa · Sir Richard Francis Burton · ex from The Perfumed Garden, 1886
- 206 · Daghda’s Love Trail · Shahrukh Husain · ss
based on extract from Cath Maige Tuired (ed. Elizabeth A. Gray), Irish Texts Society, 1982.
- 214 · The Man of Quality I and II · Umar Ibn Muhammad Al-Nafzawi; translated by Jim Colville · ss from The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight, Kegan, Paul & Trench, 1999
- · Section Five: Love Beyond Life (or The Rapturous Gaze)
- 229 · Powder Figures · Anandi Devi · ss
- 246 · Sappho · Sappho; translated by Diane J. Rayor · pm from Sappho’s Lyre, Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece, University of California Press, 1991
- 248 · The Sacrifice · Shahrukh Husain · ss
- 261 · Winter at Llanddwyn · Tony Conran · pm 1999
from An Anglesey Anthology (ed, Dewi Matthews) Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Wales.
- 265 · I Whirl · Shahrukh Husain · ss
- 277 · Notes · Shahrukh Husain · ms
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