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 65
... BAAL and EL . As Anat ( lady of the mountain ) , she was Baal's sister and wife , possibly his mother as well . Anat seems to have been responsible for having Baal instated on Mount Saphon , a sacred mountain in " the sides of the north ...
... BAAL and EL . As Anat ( lady of the mountain ) , she was Baal's sister and wife , possibly his mother as well . Anat seems to have been responsible for having Baal instated on Mount Saphon , a sacred mountain in " the sides of the north ...
Page 69
... Baal may have been married to Baalat , a fertility goddess . But he took on her functions himself , as the storm god Baal - Hadad , appointed by EL to dispense the rain and dew . In most of his myths , Baal's wife was Anat , a ferocious ...
... Baal may have been married to Baalat , a fertility goddess . But he took on her functions himself , as the storm god Baal - Hadad , appointed by EL to dispense the rain and dew . In most of his myths , Baal's wife was Anat , a ferocious ...
Page 223
... BAAL , he was born of a primeval egg hatched from the union of air and chaos . When Baal , tired of Mot's authority , forbade him to visit any part of the earth but the desert , Mot replied by inviting Baal to the underworld . Baal ...
... BAAL , he was born of a primeval egg hatched from the union of air and chaos . When Baal , tired of Mot's authority , forbade him to visit any part of the earth but the desert , Mot replied by inviting Baal to the underworld . Baal ...
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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