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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... Indian belief is the fundamental unity of the universe itself . In Hinduism every part of the cosmos is seen as being a manifestation of an underlying divinity . The gods , demons and heroes of Hindu mythology are merely aspects of an ...
... Indian belief is the fundamental unity of the universe itself . In Hinduism every part of the cosmos is seen as being a manifestation of an underlying divinity . The gods , demons and heroes of Hindu mythology are merely aspects of an ...
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Arthur Cotterell. KALKI Kalki In Hindu mythology , the last avatar of VISHNU . Kalki , the god " seated on a white horse " , will not appear until the final days of destruction , at the end of the current age . Vishnu will then arrive ...
Arthur Cotterell. KALKI Kalki In Hindu mythology , the last avatar of VISHNU . Kalki , the god " seated on a white horse " , will not appear until the final days of destruction , at the end of the current age . Vishnu will then arrive ...
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... Hindu mythology , the tree that was produced when the gods and the demons churned the ocean to prepare AMRITA , the water of life . The tree perfumed the world with its blossoms and was eventually placed in INDRA'S heaven . Paris In ...
... Hindu mythology , the tree that was produced when the gods and the demons churned the ocean to prepare AMRITA , the water of life . The tree perfumed the world with its blossoms and was eventually placed in INDRA'S heaven . Paris In ...
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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