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 60
... associated with kingship . An is often depicted as a bull , whose bellowing was said to be the thunder of the overcast sky . He may have been associated with the husband and dying bull of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal ( the mis ...
... associated with kingship . An is often depicted as a bull , whose bellowing was said to be the thunder of the overcast sky . He may have been associated with the husband and dying bull of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal ( the mis ...
Page 86
... associated , but his life - sustaining waters were believed to feed every field in Sumer . He directed the great rivers Euphrates and Tigris , appointed the god Enbilulu as the guardian of canals , arranged the pattern of the marshes ...
... associated , but his life - sustaining waters were believed to feed every field in Sumer . He directed the great rivers Euphrates and Tigris , appointed the god Enbilulu as the guardian of canals , arranged the pattern of the marshes ...
Page 154
... associated with a variety of gods . Fire and the forge were particularly important to the handling of metals . The Celts revered metalwork and created some of the finest pieces known today , such as this gold buckle from the Sutton Hoo ...
... associated with a variety of gods . Fire and the forge were particularly important to the handling of metals . The Celts revered metalwork and created some of the finest pieces known today , such as this gold buckle from the Sutton Hoo ...
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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