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 22
... Italy ; by 186 BC the Roman Senate felt it necessary to pass severe laws against the riotous celebrations of the imported god . Several thousand frenzied worshippers ( maenads ) were executed before Dionysus was merged safely with the ...
... Italy ; by 186 BC the Roman Senate felt it necessary to pass severe laws against the riotous celebrations of the imported god . Several thousand frenzied worshippers ( maenads ) were executed before Dionysus was merged safely with the ...
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... Italy , it could control not only the trade routes from the north and south , but also the commerce along the river ... Italian peninsula had already introduced the Romans to a more developed mythology than their own . The Greek conquest ...
... Italy , it could control not only the trade routes from the north and south , but also the commerce along the river ... Italian peninsula had already introduced the Romans to a more developed mythology than their own . The Greek conquest ...
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... Italy , and probably of Etruscan origin , she only took on a warlike character at Rome , where she became a symbol of the city itself . expense To some extent , Minerva's cult grew at the of the war god MARS . More- over , in myth ...
... Italy , and probably of Etruscan origin , she only took on a warlike character at Rome , where she became a symbol of the city itself . expense To some extent , Minerva's cult grew at the of the war god MARS . More- over , in myth ...
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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