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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... Buddhist faith and renounces the use of violence . AD Period of the Hindu epics , 100 the Ramayana and the Mahabharata . 500 Hunnish invasion of northern India . 629 Tripitaka sets out from China in order to obtain the Buddhist ...
... Buddhist faith and renounces the use of violence . AD Period of the Hindu epics , 100 the Ramayana and the Mahabharata . 500 Hunnish invasion of northern India . 629 Tripitaka sets out from China in order to obtain the Buddhist ...
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... Buddhism filtered from India to China , where it still thrives . However , whereas Chinese Buddhist priests ( above ) preach a family - based religion , Indian Buddhism is more concerned with the individual .代 the high god of heaven ...
... Buddhism filtered from India to China , where it still thrives . However , whereas Chinese Buddhist priests ( above ) preach a family - based religion , Indian Buddhism is more concerned with the individual .代 the high god of heaven ...
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... Buddhist scriptures . 960 Song dynasty . 1279 1279- Mongol occupation of 1368 China . Marco Polo visits the country . 1368- Ming dynasty and 1644 Buddhist revival . 1644- Qing dynasty . End of 1911 the empire . Shinto , the country's ...
... Buddhist scriptures . 960 Song dynasty . 1279 1279- Mongol occupation of 1368 China . Marco Polo visits the country . 1368- Ming dynasty and 1644 Buddhist revival . 1644- Qing dynasty . End of 1911 the empire . Shinto , the country's ...
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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