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 15
... Marduk as their absolute ruler and champion . Marduk's victory in the ensuing struggle gave the leadership of Mesopotamia to the city of Babylon . The idea of a titanic struggle against evil powers always haunted the inhabitants of ...
... Marduk as their absolute ruler and champion . Marduk's victory in the ensuing struggle gave the leadership of Mesopotamia to the city of Babylon . The idea of a titanic struggle against evil powers always haunted the inhabitants of ...
Page 126
Arthur Cotterell. MARDUK The chief god of Babylon , associated mainly with the creation of an ordered world out of the primeval chaos . Marduk means " bull calf of the sun " , although his father was the water god Ea . At first he was an ...
Arthur Cotterell. MARDUK The chief god of Babylon , associated mainly with the creation of an ordered world out of the primeval chaos . Marduk means " bull calf of the sun " , although his father was the water god Ea . At first he was an ...
Page 168
... MARDUK , and a new world order was created . At first , only mist swirled above the mingled waters of Abzu and Tiamat . But then , from the surface rose the first pair Lahmu and Lahamu , whose names probably mean " silt " . This couple ...
... MARDUK , and a new world order was created . At first , only mist swirled above the mingled waters of Abzu and Tiamat . But then , from the surface rose the first pair Lahmu and Lahamu , whose names probably mean " silt " . This couple ...
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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