The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & LegendsMacmillan, 1989 - 260 pages Fully indexed and containing lavish color illustrations and a wealth of line drawings, this is the most up-to-date, beautiful, and graphically useful reference of its kind on the market today. |
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Page 54
... APHRODITE , his annual death and rebirth passed into Greek mythology . Despite being transplanted into various local traditions on its journey westward , the story of Adonis remained consistent . It tells how the god resulted from an ...
... APHRODITE , his annual death and rebirth passed into Greek mythology . Despite being transplanted into various local traditions on its journey westward , the story of Adonis remained consistent . It tells how the god resulted from an ...
Page 61
... Aphrodite's name is connected with foam ( aphros ) , and this may refer to her birth at sea . According to Hesiod ... Aphrodite . The unfaithful wife of the smith god HEPHAISTOS , Aphrodite had two children by ARES , the god of war ...
... Aphrodite's name is connected with foam ( aphros ) , and this may refer to her birth at sea . According to Hesiod ... Aphrodite . The unfaithful wife of the smith god HEPHAISTOS , Aphrodite had two children by ARES , the god of war ...
Page 106
... APHRODITE and VENUS . See Love and Fertility , pp . 106/107 SEE ALSO ABZU , DUMUZI , ERESHKIGAL , NINSHUBUR , TAMMUZ ove and fertility The powers of love , and of fertility , assure the future of humanity . Love goddesses are therefore ...
... APHRODITE and VENUS . See Love and Fertility , pp . 106/107 SEE ALSO ABZU , DUMUZI , ERESHKIGAL , NINSHUBUR , TAMMUZ ove and fertility The powers of love , and of fertility , assure the future of humanity . Love goddesses are therefore ...
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal Babylonian battle became believed birth brother Buddha Buddhist Canaanite century Chinese Christian creation creator deity Cuchulainn cult daughter dead death demon Dionysus divine dragon earth Egypt Egyptian Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father fertility fire flood Gaia gave Germanic mythology giant Gilgamesh gods Greece Greek mythology HADES head heaven Hera Heracles hero Hindu mythology Horus human husband immortal Inanna Inca Indians Indra Iranian Irish mythology island Izanagi killed king Kronos land legend legendary lived Loki Lugh magic mankind Marduk married Maya Mesopotamian Minos monster moon mountain myth name means night nymph ODIN Odysseus Osiris Ouranos pantheon POSEIDON primeval river Roman Roman mythology Rome ruler sacred sent serpent Shiva snake souls spirit Sumerian temple Tiamat took tree trickster Trojan Troy underworld Vanir Vishnu warrior wife woman worship Yahweh Zeus