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 105
... Inanna was the daughter of AN , the god of heaven , and in others her father was the air god ENLIL . In every city of ancient Sumer there were pairs of temples dedicated to the worship of Inanna and her husband Dumuzi , who among other ...
... Inanna was the daughter of AN , the god of heaven , and in others her father was the air god ENLIL . In every city of ancient Sumer there were pairs of temples dedicated to the worship of Inanna and her husband Dumuzi , who among other ...
Page 106
... Inanna . Enki supplied them with water and the grass of life to perform this deed . Much against her will , Ereshkigal was persuaded to give the creatures Inanna's rotten corpse and was forced to watch the revival of her wilful sister ...
... Inanna . Enki supplied them with water and the grass of life to perform this deed . Much against her will , Ereshkigal was persuaded to give the creatures Inanna's rotten corpse and was forced to watch the revival of her wilful sister ...
Page 108
... Inanna . Ishtar was much more aggressive than INANNA and fiercely passionate . She was married to Tammuz , a dying - and - rising deity like Inanna's husband Dumuzi . And like Inanna , Ishtar descended to the under- world domain of her ...
... Inanna . Ishtar was much more aggressive than INANNA and fiercely passionate . She was married to Tammuz , a dying - and - rising deity like Inanna's husband Dumuzi . And like Inanna , Ishtar descended to the under- world domain of her ...
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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