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
... father , a king . Because Myrrha refused to show respect to her father , Aphrodite punished her with insatiable desire . Twelve nights in a row , Myrrha visited the bed of her father , who did not recognize her in the dark . When he ...
... father , a king . Because Myrrha refused to show respect to her father , Aphrodite punished her with insatiable desire . Twelve nights in a row , Myrrha visited the bed of her father , who did not recognize her in the dark . When he ...
Page 73
... father's murderers and avenge his death . However , blown off course by a storm , he visited islands occupied by a variety of strange creatures ; on other islands he saw strange natural phenomena and his youth was renewed by bathing in ...
... father's murderers and avenge his death . However , blown off course by a storm , he visited islands occupied by a variety of strange creatures ; on other islands he saw strange natural phenomena and his youth was renewed by bathing in ...
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... father of Isaac . Although he was raised in Ur , a city with many gods , Abraham became the father of monotheistic Judaism after Yahweh revealed himself to him . His devotion to the one Hebrew god was exhibited , above all , by his ...
... father of Isaac . Although he was raised in Ur , a city with many gods , Abraham became the father of monotheistic Judaism after Yahweh revealed himself to him . His devotion to the one Hebrew god was exhibited , above all , by his ...
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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