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 56
... death . He is , therefore , appealed to on all important occasions , especially weddings and funerals . His cult has largely disappeared among Hindus , and today he is called upon only by lovers , to intervene in their affairs , and by ...
... death . He is , therefore , appealed to on all important occasions , especially weddings and funerals . His cult has largely disappeared among Hindus , and today he is called upon only by lovers , to intervene in their affairs , and by ...
Page 91
... death , which to them was as horrible as it was unavoidable . Here the god of death , Ah Puch , is shown with a head severed from its body . The bodies of Hindus are burned by the sacred River Ganges , while their souls are temporarily ...
... death , which to them was as horrible as it was unavoidable . Here the god of death , Ah Puch , is shown with a head severed from its body . The bodies of Hindus are burned by the sacred River Ganges , while their souls are temporarily ...
Page 105
... death . He keeps the cycle of life going , sustaining fertility and holding the mal- evolent spirits of the dead at arm's length , while at the same time death raids the earth , carrying away people's souls . The origin of death is ...
... death . He keeps the cycle of life going , sustaining fertility and holding the mal- evolent spirits of the dead at arm's length , while at the same time death raids the earth , carrying away people's souls . The origin of death is ...
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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