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 44
... creator deity ; instead , origin myths play an important role . A typical origin myth is told by the Bakairi Indians of central Brazil . It concerns the twin heroes Keri and Kame , sons of the jaguar spirit Oka . After swallowing two ...
... creator deity ; instead , origin myths play an important role . A typical origin myth is told by the Bakairi Indians of central Brazil . It concerns the twin heroes Keri and Kame , sons of the jaguar spirit Oka . After swallowing two ...
Page 128
... creator deity is conceived as both female ( Mawu ) and male ( Liza ) , and the eternal union of these unseparated twins is regarded as the basis of universal order . ( There is an exact parallel in AWONAWI- LONA , the male - female creator ...
... creator deity is conceived as both female ( Mawu ) and male ( Liza ) , and the eternal union of these unseparated twins is regarded as the basis of universal order . ( There is an exact parallel in AWONAWI- LONA , the male - female creator ...
Page 212
... creator god of the Lumba people of Zaire . Despite attempting to prevent it , he is responsible for allowing death into the world . He set a goat and a dog to watch over the highway along which Life and Death would pass , telling them ...
... creator god of the Lumba people of Zaire . Despite attempting to prevent it , he is responsible for allowing death into the world . He set a goat and a dog to watch over the highway along which Life and Death would pass , telling them ...
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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