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 121
... creation . First he raised reefs and sand- banks , then he made plants and birds and , finally , he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points . Thinking that he had done enough , Loa relaxed and watched the new world . Then , to ...
... creation . First he raised reefs and sand- banks , then he made plants and birds and , finally , he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points . Thinking that he had done enough , Loa relaxed and watched the new world . Then , to ...
Page 164
... creation . Then he cracked the shell and emerged . Although Ta'aroa was glad to have wakened , the emptiness and silence began to depress him , so he used one part of the egg to make the earth and another part the sky . Once he was ...
... creation . Then he cracked the shell and emerged . Although Ta'aroa was glad to have wakened , the emptiness and silence began to depress him , so he used one part of the egg to make the earth and another part the sky . Once he was ...
Page 169
... creation story in that the chaos monster , though slain and dismembered , remains the body of the world , while the blood of her mate is manifest in its inhabitants , mankind . West Asian mythology is full of malevolent serpentlike ...
... creation story in that the chaos monster , though slain and dismembered , remains the body of the world , while the blood of her mate is manifest in its inhabitants , mankind . West Asian mythology is full of malevolent serpentlike ...
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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