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
... god of the Fon peoples of Dahomey in West Africa . Originally , Mawu - Liza may have belonged to an enemy which the warlike Fon had vanquished . The Fon have always regarded Mawu - Liza as a creator god , although an even older deity ...
... god of the Fon peoples of Dahomey in West Africa . Originally , Mawu - Liza may have belonged to an enemy which the warlike Fon had vanquished . The Fon have always regarded Mawu - Liza as a creator god , although an even older deity ...
Page 214
... creator deity and the twin brother of Tochipa . The offspring of earth and sky , the two brothers put the world in order and made the first people . However , they began to quarrel when one of them taught mankind the arts of civilized ...
... creator deity and the twin brother of Tochipa . The offspring of earth and sky , the two brothers put the world in order and made the first people . However , they began to quarrel when one of them taught mankind the arts of civilized ...
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