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 122
... evil in the present- day state of Israel . In Hindu cosmology , cycles of creation and destruction alternate in an ... evil Fomorii people . Lugh was the grandson of the underworld god Balor , the most formidable of the Fomorii - evil ...
... evil in the present- day state of Israel . In Hindu cosmology , cycles of creation and destruction alternate in an ... evil Fomorii people . Lugh was the grandson of the underworld god Balor , the most formidable of the Fomorii - evil ...
Page 126
... evil , possibly with the power to punish wrongdoers . Demons may take a " human " form or be represented as animals ... evil arises she becomes a warrior goddess and slays demons . SEE ALSO EA , KINGU MARDUK MAUI The idea of evil has ...
... evil , possibly with the power to punish wrongdoers . Demons may take a " human " form or be represented as animals ... evil arises she becomes a warrior goddess and slays demons . SEE ALSO EA , KINGU MARDUK MAUI The idea of evil has ...
Page 157
... evil . Satan , the prince of death , was often pictured as a handsome , sinister man , with horns on his forehead ... evil . Nevertheless , he was very real to early Christians . In the second century , the Greek convert Justin Martyr ...
... evil . Satan , the prince of death , was often pictured as a handsome , sinister man , with horns on his forehead ... evil . Nevertheless , he was very real to early Christians . In the second century , the Greek convert Justin Martyr ...
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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