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 62
... Apollo , and shared with him the persecution of the jealous mother goddess HERA , Zeus's wife . Once , at Delphi , Arte- mis helped Apollo to overcome Python , a terrible serpent belonging to Hera . Like Apollo , Artemis was associated ...
... Apollo , and shared with him the persecution of the jealous mother goddess HERA , Zeus's wife . Once , at Delphi , Arte- mis helped Apollo to overcome Python , a terrible serpent belonging to Hera . Like Apollo , Artemis was associated ...
Page 65
... Apollo , he was the principal deity concerned with prophecy and divi- nation . Asclepius was torn from the dead body of his mother Coronis , daughter of the king of Orchomenus . Coronis was loved by Apollo , but made him angry by being ...
... Apollo , he was the principal deity concerned with prophecy and divi- nation . Asclepius was torn from the dead body of his mother Coronis , daughter of the king of Orchomenus . Coronis was loved by Apollo , but made him angry by being ...
Page 194
... Apollo and the mortal Leucippus . Leucippus disguised himself as a nymph to woo her , but revealed his masculinity when bathing and was killed by the nymphs . Urged on by Eros , the god of love , Apollo then began his pursuit of Daphne ...
... Apollo and the mortal Leucippus . Leucippus disguised himself as a nymph to woo her , but revealed his masculinity when bathing and was killed by the nymphs . Urged on by Eros , the god of love , Apollo then began his pursuit of Daphne ...
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The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends Arthur Cotterell No preview available - 1995 |
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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