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 57
... dragon TIAMAT and the Hittite dragon Illuyankas were not dissimilar to Ahriman in that they con- stantly opposed created order . See Demons , p . 126/127 AHSONNUTLI The chief deity of the Navaho Indians of New Mexico . He closely ...
... dragon TIAMAT and the Hittite dragon Illuyankas were not dissimilar to Ahriman in that they con- stantly opposed created order . See Demons , p . 126/127 AHSONNUTLI The chief deity of the Navaho Indians of New Mexico . He closely ...
Page 156
... dragon . To relieve them of this horrific burden he slew the dragon with his lance and rescued the maiden , who was chained to a rock . The saint seems to have derived some of his adventures from the Greek hero PERSEUS , and certainly ...
... dragon . To relieve them of this horrific burden he slew the dragon with his lance and rescued the maiden , who was chained to a rock . The saint seems to have derived some of his adventures from the Greek hero PERSEUS , and certainly ...
Page 165
... dragon is com- parable to that of the Babylonian god MARDUK over the chaos - dragon tiamat . However , whereas Marduk's resides in his sheer power , Taru's depends more on trickery . success In the older version of the tale , Illuyan ...
... dragon is com- parable to that of the Babylonian god MARDUK over the chaos - dragon tiamat . However , whereas Marduk's resides in his sheer power , Taru's depends more on trickery . success In the older version of the tale , Illuyan ...
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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