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 8
... animals is evident in the initiation rites of African peoples , where young men still dress up as lions . Legends of talking animals occur throughout the world although in ancient Greece , Xanthus , the immortal horse of Achilles , was ...
... animals is evident in the initiation rites of African peoples , where young men still dress up as lions . Legends of talking animals occur throughout the world although in ancient Greece , Xanthus , the immortal horse of Achilles , was ...
Page 47
... animals ' heads , the part of the animal believed to hold its power . The wearer of the mask is protected by this power and enabled by it to dance like the animal . The vastness of the African continent ( left ) and its geographical ...
... animals ' heads , the part of the animal believed to hold its power . The wearer of the mask is protected by this power and enabled by it to dance like the animal . The vastness of the African continent ( left ) and its geographical ...
Page 137
... animals as well . However , God regarded Noah as a just man and was prepared to save him . God told Noah to build an ark and , with his wife and three sons , to gather a male and female of every animal into the ark . He then sent a ...
... animals as well . However , God regarded Noah as a just man and was prepared to save him . God told Noah to build an ark and , with his wife and three sons , to gather a male and female of every animal into the ark . He then sent a ...
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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