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Page 61
... dead , Anubis was the chief deity to whom prayers at a funeral were made . When Osiris overtook him in importance , Anubis became a guardian of the underworld , guiding the newly arrived dead to the hall of judge- ment . There he ...
... dead , Anubis was the chief deity to whom prayers at a funeral were made . When Osiris overtook him in importance , Anubis became a guardian of the underworld , guiding the newly arrived dead to the hall of judge- ment . There he ...
Page 105
... dead woman were about to emerge . Returning with a heavy pestle , she pounded down the earth and commanded her mother - in - law to stay dead . After repeating this on two subsequent days , the wife was pleased to notice no more cracks ...
... dead woman were about to emerge . Returning with a heavy pestle , she pounded down the earth and commanded her mother - in - law to stay dead . After repeating this on two subsequent days , the wife was pleased to notice no more cracks ...
Page 153
... dead , together with Mithra , the son of the supreme deity Ahura Mazdah . The uprightness of Rashnu was his great- est quality . It was said that the golden scales on which he weighed the souls of the dead showed favour to no one ...
... dead , together with Mithra , the son of the supreme deity Ahura Mazdah . The uprightness of Rashnu was his great- est quality . It was said that the golden scales on which he weighed the souls of the dead showed favour to no one ...
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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