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Page 32
Their chief deity was Indra , a storm god whose weapon was the thunderbolt . ...
While the surviving evidence is not large , the archaeological finds at Harappa
and Mohenjo - daro suggest that other deities , such as Devi , the mother
goddess ...
Their chief deity was Indra , a storm god whose weapon was the thunderbolt . ...
While the surviving evidence is not large , the archaeological finds at Harappa
and Mohenjo - daro suggest that other deities , such as Devi , the mother
goddess ...
Page 104
HUITZILOPOCHTLI The chief deity of the Aztecs , who ruled Mexico in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries . His " blue hummingbird on the left ” . ICTINIKE
The adventurous trickster god and son of the sun god in the mythology of the
North ...
HUITZILOPOCHTLI The chief deity of the Aztecs , who ruled Mexico in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries . His " blue hummingbird on the left ” . ICTINIKE
The adventurous trickster god and son of the sun god in the mythology of the
North ...
Page 214
The deity descends from the bodhisattva AVALOKITESVARA . In Japan ,
Kwannon appears as both a male and a female figure . Some representations of
the deity possess 1,000 eyes , 11 heads , and occasionally even the head of a
horse .
The deity descends from the bodhisattva AVALOKITESVARA . In Japan ,
Kwannon appears as both a male and a female figure . Some representations of
the deity possess 1,000 eyes , 11 heads , and occasionally even the head of a
horse .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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