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 59
... body . He chopped Rahu into pieces , but because the demon had made himself immortal , Vishnu could not kill him . Instead , the fragments of his body were placed among the stars . There Rahu wreaks his vengeance on the sun and moon by ...
... body . He chopped Rahu into pieces , but because the demon had made himself immortal , Vishnu could not kill him . Instead , the fragments of his body were placed among the stars . There Rahu wreaks his vengeance on the sun and moon by ...
Page 145
... body . She suc- ceeded in keeping him alive long enough for him to impregnate her . Soon afterward , Seth was hunting in the swamps and discovered the coffer . Enraged that Osiris still existed , he cut the body up into fourteen pieces ...
... body . She suc- ceeded in keeping him alive long enough for him to impregnate her . Soon afterward , Seth was hunting in the swamps and discovered the coffer . Enraged that Osiris still existed , he cut the body up into fourteen pieces ...
Page 205
... body , wings and claws , and a woman's head . Insatiably hungry , they swooped down to snatch food from tables , fouling any scraps which remained with the stench of their breath , and were hence bringers of starvation and death . Their ...
... body , wings and claws , and a woman's head . Insatiably hungry , they swooped down to snatch food from tables , fouling any scraps which remained with the stench of their breath , and were hence bringers of starvation and death . Their ...
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The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends Arthur Cotterell No preview available - 1995 |
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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