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 28
... battle was a joyous event , since the Valkyries took the gloriously slain to Valhalla , Odin's hall . There , fallen heroes feasted by night and , by day , fought mock battles in preparation for Ragnarok , the final battle which would ...
... battle was a joyous event , since the Valkyries took the gloriously slain to Valhalla , Odin's hall . There , fallen heroes feasted by night and , by day , fought mock battles in preparation for Ragnarok , the final battle which would ...
Page 140
... battle and instructed them how to draw up successful battle formations . Odin , sometimes Voden , Woden , Wotan , Votan or Wuotan , probably means furious . Certainly , the god inspired the frightful berserkers , maddened warriors who ...
... battle and instructed them how to draw up successful battle formations . Odin , sometimes Voden , Woden , Wotan , Votan or Wuotan , probably means furious . Certainly , the god inspired the frightful berserkers , maddened warriors who ...
Page 246
... battle , its walls were made of shields and its roof of spears . Entrance to it was via the gate of death , Valgrind . In Asgard , the slain heroes fight each other every day , while they wait for Ragnarok , the battle at the end of ...
... battle , its walls were made of shields and its roof of spears . Entrance to it was via the gate of death , Valgrind . In Asgard , the slain heroes fight each other every day , while they wait for Ragnarok , the battle at the end of ...
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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