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 44
... According to the Warrau Indians of Guyana , people arrived on earth by accident . Apparently , the sky god Kononatoo ( our maker ) wanted mankind to live in heaven , but a young hunter discovered a hole in the sky and descended to the ...
... According to the Warrau Indians of Guyana , people arrived on earth by accident . Apparently , the sky god Kononatoo ( our maker ) wanted mankind to live in heaven , but a young hunter discovered a hole in the sky and descended to the ...
Page 97
... According to legend , he was born on the horizon , the child of nine giant sisters and the great god ODIN . As a lookout , he corresponds to the Roman god JANUS . Perhaps Heimdal's sense of duty as a lookout accounts for his being ...
... According to legend , he was born on the horizon , the child of nine giant sisters and the great god ODIN . As a lookout , he corresponds to the Roman god JANUS . Perhaps Heimdal's sense of duty as a lookout accounts for his being ...
Page 156
... According to ancient authors , barren women who visited the saint's shrines in northern Syria were magically impregnated by him . - Battles with dragons occur so often in West Asian mythology from the exam- ples of MARDUK and the ...
... According to ancient authors , barren women who visited the saint's shrines in northern Syria were magically impregnated by him . - Battles with dragons occur so often in West Asian mythology from the exam- ples of MARDUK and the ...
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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