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 74
... birth of a son who would grow up as a world monarch or , if he were made aware of the sufferings of mankind , a world saviour . According to one legend , Maya died seven days after giving birth to the prince . Having attained supreme ...
... birth of a son who would grow up as a world monarch or , if he were made aware of the sufferings of mankind , a world saviour . According to one legend , Maya died seven days after giving birth to the prince . Having attained supreme ...
Page 100
... birth by her father , who feared that his children would overthrow him . Only Zeus escaped this fate , through the cunning of his mother Rhea and his grandmother Gaia . Having defeated Kronos , and forced him to yield up his swallowed ...
... birth by her father , who feared that his children would overthrow him . Only Zeus escaped this fate , through the cunning of his mother Rhea and his grandmother Gaia . Having defeated Kronos , and forced him to yield up his swallowed ...
Page 131
... birth spirits , deities concerned with the future lives of babies . Thus their original purpose may have been to lay down the lot of each individual at birth . Gradually , the Moirai acquired a wider role in Greek mythology , although ...
... birth spirits , deities concerned with the future lives of babies . Thus their original purpose may have been to lay down the lot of each individual at birth . Gradually , the Moirai acquired a wider role in Greek mythology , although ...
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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