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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Arthur Cotterell. CHINA The present - day Chinese belong to the oldest surviving civilization in the world . Although the Shang kings founded the first state in northern China around 1650 BC , more than a millennium later than the ...
Arthur Cotterell. CHINA The present - day Chinese belong to the oldest surviving civilization in the world . Although the Shang kings founded the first state in northern China around 1650 BC , more than a millennium later than the ...
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... Chinese literature . But perhaps the greatest contribution made by China to Buddhist mythology is the goddess of mercy , Kuanyin . She seems to have evolved out of the Indian bodhisattva ( Buddha - to - be ) Avalokitesvara , toward the ...
... Chinese literature . But perhaps the greatest contribution made by China to Buddhist mythology is the goddess of mercy , Kuanyin . She seems to have evolved out of the Indian bodhisattva ( Buddha - to - be ) Avalokitesvara , toward the ...
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... China was temporarily divided , and was exe- cuted as a prisoner - of - war . Guan Di was officially recognized as a god in 1594 , when the Chinese emperor offered sacrifices to him for the first time . In Taiwan this practice was ...
... China was temporarily divided , and was exe- cuted as a prisoner - of - war . Guan Di was officially recognized as a god in 1594 , when the Chinese emperor offered sacrifices to him for the first time . In Taiwan this practice was ...
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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