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Page 34
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 civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia
...
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 civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia
...
Page 35
The Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy Kuanyin (below), is unwilling to enter
Nirvana because of her awareness of worldly suffering. 22052197 1650– 102.7
1027256 551 221 AD 221265 589907 645 960– 1279 12791368 13681644 ...
The Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy Kuanyin (below), is unwilling to enter
Nirvana because of her awareness of worldly suffering. 22052197 1650– 102.7
1027256 551 221 AD 221265 589907 645 960– 1279 12791368 13681644 ...
Page 94
GUAN DI The unusual Chinese war god, whose chief concern is preventing
rather than waging war. Guan Di remains a popular figure in Chinese folklore,
although his role as the deity of war has disappeared in China. His continued
popularity ...
GUAN DI The unusual Chinese war god, whose chief concern is preventing
rather than waging war. Guan Di remains a popular figure in Chinese folklore,
although his role as the deity of war has disappeared in China. His continued
popularity ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
Copyright | |
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal 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 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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