The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends

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Macmillan, 1989 - 260 pages
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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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This gorgeously illustrated book is divided into three sections: essays on the role of myth in major civilizations, including non-European ones; an encyclopedia of gods and goddesses; and a micropedia ... Read full review

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INTRODUCTION
7
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE
26
NORTH AMERICA
42
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal 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 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

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About the author (1989)

Arthur Cotterell is Principal of Kingston Upon Thames College of Further Education. He is the author of several books on the ancient civilizations of East Asia, including China: A Concise Cultural History and The Minoan World. He is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations and
most recently The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends.

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TitleThe Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends
AuthorArthur Cotterell
Editionillustrated
PublisherMacmillan, 1989
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized28 Dec 2006
ISBN0025801813, 9780025801813
Length260 pages
  
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