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 151
... became patron of all arts and crafts . Ptah was depicted as a mummified man with a shaven or bound head , holding a sceptre . At first he was probably a fertility god , like MIN - his name has connections with openings , including the ...
... became patron of all arts and crafts . Ptah was depicted as a mummified man with a shaven or bound head , holding a sceptre . At first he was probably a fertility god , like MIN - his name has connections with openings , including the ...
Page 157
... became unto a heated iron , and his face became wholly like that of a man : and he drew with his tail the third part of the angels of God , and was cast out from the seat of God and the stewardship of the heavens . " The same text ...
... became unto a heated iron , and his face became wholly like that of a man : and he drew with his tail the third part of the angels of God , and was cast out from the seat of God and the stewardship of the heavens . " The same text ...
Page 195
... became clear that " mother " was the earth , and the " bones " stones , which became men and women . Dhanvantari In Hindu mythology , the physician to the gods . He was born of the churning of the waters when the demons and the gods ...
... became clear that " mother " was the earth , and the " bones " stones , which became men and women . Dhanvantari In Hindu mythology , the physician to the gods . He was born of the churning of the waters when the demons and the gods ...
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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