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 54
... eventually discovered who he had slept with , the old king sought to slay his daughter . However , the gods heard Myrrha's appeal for divine protection and changed her into a tree , from which comes the gum called myrrh . Ten months ...
... eventually discovered who he had slept with , the old king sought to slay his daughter . However , the gods heard Myrrha's appeal for divine protection and changed her into a tree , from which comes the gum called myrrh . Ten months ...
Page 155
... eventually came to ground in a muddy branch of the river , Mars ' sacred animals , the she - wolf and the woodpecker , rescued the boys . Faustulus , the royal herdsman , dis- covered the twins , took them home and , without telling ...
... eventually came to ground in a muddy branch of the river , Mars ' sacred animals , the she - wolf and the woodpecker , rescued the boys . Faustulus , the royal herdsman , dis- covered the twins , took them home and , without telling ...
Page 218
... eventually had him thrown from a cliff . The king seems to have feared that Theseus might usurp his throne . Lycomedes also gave refuge to ACHILLES when his mother , the sea nymph Thetis , knowing that Achilles was destined to die at ...
... eventually had him thrown from a cliff . The king seems to have feared that Theseus might usurp his throne . Lycomedes also gave refuge to ACHILLES when his mother , the sea nymph Thetis , knowing that Achilles was destined to die at ...
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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