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 12
... believed to be the son of Amun , the then ascendant god . In the great temples at Luxor , reliefs show how Amun assumed the form of the reigning pharaoh and united with his queen , giving rise to the new pharaoh's birth . To avoid any ...
... believed to be the son of Amun , the then ascendant god . In the great temples at Luxor , reliefs show how Amun assumed the form of the reigning pharaoh and united with his queen , giving rise to the new pharaoh's birth . To avoid any ...
Page 42
... believed that four eras , or " suns " , had preceded the one in which they lived and that , at the end of each era , its people had been destroyed . The Aztec era was expected to end in a cataclysmic earthquake , following the return of ...
... believed that four eras , or " suns " , had preceded the one in which they lived and that , at the end of each era , its people had been destroyed . The Aztec era was expected to end in a cataclysmic earthquake , following the return of ...
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... believed to be on Mount Ararat in north- eastern Turkey . After the flood , God sent the rainbow as a promise that he would not flood the earth again . He also told Noah to " be fruitful and multiply " . Noah did so , and lived for ...
... believed to be on Mount Ararat in north- eastern Turkey . After the flood , God sent the rainbow as a promise that he would not flood the earth again . He also told Noah to " be fruitful and multiply " . Noah did so , and lived for ...
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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