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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... appears with this mother goddess - her son and husband . In the ancient cities of Mesopotamia , built from 2600 BC ... appear in countries as far apart as France and Australia , Canada and China . These spirit masters , or shamans ...
... appears with this mother goddess - her son and husband . In the ancient cities of Mesopotamia , built from 2600 BC ... appear in countries as far apart as France and Australia , Canada and China . These spirit masters , or shamans ...
Page 90
... appears in the cycle of legends about the Knights of the Round Table and is the subject of an alliterative poem , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight . Various romances tell how Gawain's strength waxed until midday and waned thereafter . It ...
... appears in the cycle of legends about the Knights of the Round Table and is the subject of an alliterative poem , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight . Various romances tell how Gawain's strength waxed until midday and waned thereafter . It ...
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... appears in the Rig Veda , the great collection of early hymns . His name means " howler " . A terrible god of storms , Rudra was sometimes associated with the destructive aspect of AGNI , the god of fire . Later texts say that he was ...
... appears in the Rig Veda , the great collection of early hymns . His name means " howler " . A terrible god of storms , Rudra was sometimes associated with the destructive aspect of AGNI , the god of fire . Later texts say that he was ...
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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