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 63
... fell among the serpents , and every beast took him by a limb ; and the king cried for help as he lay in his bed and slept . " Nevertheless , Arthur went forth to face Modred's " grim host of an hundred thou- sand men " . It was agreed ...
... fell among the serpents , and every beast took him by a limb ; and the king cried for help as he lay in his bed and slept . " Nevertheless , Arthur went forth to face Modred's " grim host of an hundred thou- sand men " . It was agreed ...
Page 159
... fell to her . War was a matter of policy during the second millennium BC , when the Egyptian empire extended as far as present - day Syria , Palestine , Libya , Ethiopia and Sudan . In later times it must have seemed to the Egyptians ...
... fell to her . War was a matter of policy during the second millennium BC , when the Egyptian empire extended as far as present - day Syria , Palestine , Libya , Ethiopia and Sudan . In later times it must have seemed to the Egyptians ...
Page 228
... fell in love with mortals , but they were a special target for ZEUS and the other gods . Nyx The ancient Greek goddess of the night . She was considered to be among the first deities , having emerged from Chaos with the earth goddess ...
... fell in love with mortals , but they were a special target for ZEUS and the other gods . Nyx The ancient Greek goddess of the night . She was considered to be among the first deities , having emerged from Chaos with the earth goddess ...
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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