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 66
... ATHENA Daughter of the Greek god Zeus and one of the twelve great Olympian deities . She was the virgin goddess of war and wisdom , and patroness of the arts and crafts . Athena sprang into being fully formed and fully armed when the ...
... ATHENA Daughter of the Greek god Zeus and one of the twelve great Olympian deities . She was the virgin goddess of war and wisdom , and patroness of the arts and crafts . Athena sprang into being fully formed and fully armed when the ...
Page 76
... ATHENA and sent his followers to collect water from a nearby spring . But the spring was guarded by a dragon , or serpent , sacred to ARES , and it ate the men alive . Cadmus then killed the creature himself , whereupon Athena appeared ...
... ATHENA and sent his followers to collect water from a nearby spring . But the spring was guarded by a dragon , or serpent , sacred to ARES , and it ate the men alive . Cadmus then killed the creature himself , whereupon Athena appeared ...
Page 198
... ATHENA . Athena placed Erichthonius in a basket which she gave to the daughters of Cecrops , the Athenian king , forbidding them to open it . They disobeyed Athena and were so frightened by Erichthonius's appearance that they were ...
... ATHENA . Athena placed Erichthonius in a basket which she gave to the daughters of Cecrops , the Athenian king , forbidding them to open it . They disobeyed Athena and were so frightened by Erichthonius's appearance that they were ...
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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