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Page 57
Every gift I have given to mankind " , Ormazd told the prophet , " has been
counterbalanced by an evil present from Ahriman . He is the author of unrest ,
misfortune and death . It was he who started the unhappy practice of burying or
burning ...
Every gift I have given to mankind " , Ormazd told the prophet , " has been
counterbalanced by an evil present from Ahriman . He is the author of unrest ,
misfortune and death . It was he who started the unhappy practice of burying or
burning ...
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 ...
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 ...
Page 157
In Christianity he became the very embodiment of evil . SATURN An ancient
Italian god of agriculture , identified by the Romans with the Greek god Kronos .
Satan , the prince of death , was often pictured as a handsome , sinister man ,
with ...
In Christianity he became the very embodiment of evil . SATURN An ancient
Italian god of agriculture , identified by the Romans with the Greek god Kronos .
Satan , the prince of death , was often pictured as a handsome , sinister man ,
with ...
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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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