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Page 122
At Armageddon, so the Bible's Book of Revelation predicts, there will be a battle
between the forces of good and evil in the presentday state of Israel. In Hindu
cosmology, cycles of creation and destruction alternate in an almost endless
stream ...
At Armageddon, so the Bible's Book of Revelation predicts, there will be a battle
between the forces of good and evil in the presentday state of Israel. In Hindu
cosmology, cycles of creation and destruction alternate in an almost endless
stream ...
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SEE ALSO EA, KINGU eInCon S The demons of mythology are personifications
of the forces of evil, possibly with the power to punish wrongdoers. Demons may
take a “human" form or be represented as animals or as monsters. Kali's demonic
...
SEE ALSO EA, KINGU eInCon S The demons of mythology are personifications
of the forces of evil, possibly with the power to punish wrongdoers. Demons may
take a “human" form or be represented as animals or as monsters. Kali's demonic
...
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SATAN f In the Old Testament, the word Satan originally meant adversary.
However, from the third century BC onward, the Devil was developed as a
separate entity in apocryphal literature. In Christianity he became the very
embodiment of evil ...
SATAN f In the Old Testament, the word Satan originally meant adversary.
However, from the third century BC onward, the Devil was developed as a
separate entity in apocryphal literature. In Christianity he became the very
embodiment of evil ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
Copyright | |
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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
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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