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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... century , along with the Buddhist faith , the Japanese were unable to set down their religious beliefs . The well - known creation myth of Izanagi and his sister spouse Izanami , for instance , comes from a late collection of texts and ...
... century , along with the Buddhist faith , the Japanese were unable to set down their religious beliefs . The well - known creation myth of Izanagi and his sister spouse Izanami , for instance , comes from a late collection of texts and ...
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... century , the American continents belonged to settlers from the Asian world . The first inhabitants had crossed from Siberia over a temporary land link during the final stages of glaciation . By 9000 BC , their descendants had reached ...
... century , the American continents belonged to settlers from the Asian world . The first inhabitants had crossed from Siberia over a temporary land link during the final stages of glaciation . By 9000 BC , their descendants had reached ...
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... century , they were struck by the obvious antiquity of the inhabitants , human and animal . Both appeared to have descended undisturbed from ancient times , so they seemed like " living fossils " . There were strange mammals such as the ...
... century , they were struck by the obvious antiquity of the inhabitants , human and animal . Both appeared to have descended undisturbed from ancient times , so they seemed like " living fossils " . There were strange mammals such as the ...
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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