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 78
... causing further chaos . By this time , however , Ragnarok , the twilight of the gods and the end of the world , was upon them ... caused . SEE ALSO KALI , MIXCOATL , TRIPTOLEMUS COATLICUE CUCHULAINN 2 Hanuman , the trickster god of Hindu. 78.
... causing further chaos . By this time , however , Ragnarok , the twilight of the gods and the end of the world , was upon them ... caused . SEE ALSO KALI , MIXCOATL , TRIPTOLEMUS COATLICUE CUCHULAINN 2 Hanuman , the trickster god of Hindu. 78.
Page 221
... caused visitors to pay her the greatest respect . Meschach See Abednego . ६ ) Mesede In Melanesian mythology , a champion marksman whose bow burst into flames when it was drawn . Mesede saved Abele's son from the jaws of a crocodile ...
... caused visitors to pay her the greatest respect . Meschach See Abednego . ६ ) Mesede In Melanesian mythology , a champion marksman whose bow burst into flames when it was drawn . Mesede saved Abele's son from the jaws of a crocodile ...
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... caused such laughter that the air was filled with deafening noise and the heavens shook , inducing a curious ... causing BALDER's death , the gods turned Vali into a wolf and set him upon his brother Narve . Loki was then bound by ...
... caused such laughter that the air was filled with deafening noise and the heavens shook , inducing a curious ... causing BALDER's death , the gods turned Vali into a wolf and set him upon his brother Narve . Loki was then bound by ...
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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