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 37
... Buddha ( below ) , and based on a body of scripture . Adapted in various forms by the Japanese , it also permeates and colours their lives . CHRONOLOGY 57 Japanese envoy received by the Chinese court . 260 Temple of Amaterasu founded in ...
... Buddha ( below ) , and based on a body of scripture . Adapted in various forms by the Japanese , it also permeates and colours their lives . CHRONOLOGY 57 Japanese envoy received by the Chinese court . 260 Temple of Amaterasu founded in ...
Page 74
... Buddha . Buddha never denied the Hindu pantheon and claimed that in earlier lives he had been INDRA , the Hindu sky god . As the moment approached for the birth of Buddha , earthquakes and miracles testi- fied to his divine ancestry ...
... Buddha . Buddha never denied the Hindu pantheon and claimed that in earlier lives he had been INDRA , the Hindu sky god . As the moment approached for the birth of Buddha , earthquakes and miracles testi- fied to his divine ancestry ...
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... BUDDHA's good- ness threatened his dominion over evil . While Buddha sat in contemplation , immo- bile beneath a tree , Mara tried everything possible in order to disturb Buddha's single - minded concentration . He first sent his three ...
... BUDDHA's good- ness threatened his dominion over evil . While Buddha sat in contemplation , immo- bile beneath a tree , Mara tried everything possible in order to disturb Buddha's single - minded concentration . He first sent his three ...
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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