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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... Kronos a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes to swallow instead of the child . ( Kronos ate his children because it was predicted that one of them would depose him . ) But the cult of Zeus was unable to take over the annual death and ...
... Kronos a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes to swallow instead of the child . ( Kronos ate his children because it was predicted that one of them would depose him . ) But the cult of Zeus was unable to take over the annual death and ...
Page 117
Arthur Cotterell. KAMAPUA'A — KRONOS N Krishna subdues the serpent Kaliya KRONOS In Greek mythology , Kronos ( or Cronos ) was the youngest son of Gaia ( earth ) and Ouranos ( sky ) . The Titans ( giants ) were the cleverest offspring of ...
Arthur Cotterell. KAMAPUA'A — KRONOS N Krishna subdues the serpent Kaliya KRONOS In Greek mythology , Kronos ( or Cronos ) was the youngest son of Gaia ( earth ) and Ouranos ( sky ) . The Titans ( giants ) were the cleverest offspring of ...
Page 179
... KRONOS , his Titan father , Zeus was a usurper . Kronos had toppled his father , Ouranos ( sky ) , from power and so , fright- ened that his own sons would do likewise , he swallowed all his newly born children . However , Rhea , the ...
... KRONOS , his Titan father , Zeus was a usurper . Kronos had toppled his father , Ouranos ( sky ) , from power and so , fright- ened that his own sons would do likewise , he swallowed all his newly born children . However , Rhea , the ...
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