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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... Iran . The new dynasty had its origins in the southern Iranian province of Fars , the old seat of the Achaemenids . The lands held by the Sassassians stretched beyond the Iranian plateau to places as remote as Armenia , northern Arabia ...
... Iran . The new dynasty had its origins in the southern Iranian province of Fars , the old seat of the Achaemenids . The lands held by the Sassassians stretched beyond the Iranian plateau to places as remote as Armenia , northern Arabia ...
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... Iran . CHRONOLOGY 2000 Amorite tribes sack Ebla . BC 1759 King. practice to persecute Jews , Buddhists , Hindus ... Iranian domination . It may even be seen to linger on in the outlook of certain Christians and Muslims today . A ...
... Iran . CHRONOLOGY 2000 Amorite tribes sack Ebla . BC 1759 King. practice to persecute Jews , Buddhists , Hindus ... Iranian domination . It may even be seen to linger on in the outlook of certain Christians and Muslims today . A ...
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... Iranian mythology . Originally an equal of Mithra , god of light and justice , he was later elevated to the supreme being by the prophet Zoroaster . His name was shortened to Ormazd . The Aryan pastoralists who settled on the Iranian ...
... Iranian mythology . Originally an equal of Mithra , god of light and justice , he was later elevated to the supreme being by the prophet Zoroaster . His name was shortened to Ormazd . The Aryan pastoralists who settled on the Iranian ...
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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