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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
ground ...
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
ground ...
Page 147
The only good thing in it was Hope, which lay at the very bottom. One day,
against her husband's advice, Pandora opened the jar and released ruin into the
world. According to another version of the myth, the jar contained everything that
was ...
The only good thing in it was Hope, which lay at the very bottom. One day,
against her husband's advice, Pandora opened the jar and released ruin into the
world. According to another version of the myth, the jar contained everything that
was ...
Page 156
Less well known is St George's power to fertilize barren women. 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 ...
Less well known is St George's power to fertilize barren women. 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 ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
Copyright | |
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal 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 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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