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The Hittites were also influenced by Canaanite myths. The carving of a Hittite
fertility goddess (below) was found at Çatal Hüyük in Turkey. Another Hittite
carving (far below) shows worshippers propitiating their gods. 2000 1759 1750
1400 ...
The Hittites were also influenced by Canaanite myths. The carving of a Hittite
fertility goddess (below) was found at Çatal Hüyük in Turkey. Another Hittite
carving (far below) shows worshippers propitiating their gods. 2000 1759 1750
1400 ...
Page 106
See Love and Fertility, pp.106/107 SEE ALSO ABZU, DUMUZL ERESHKIGAL.
NINSHUBUR, TAMMUZ ove and fertility The powers of love, and of fertility,
assure the future of humanity. Love goddesses are therefore prominent
throughout ...
See Love and Fertility, pp.106/107 SEE ALSO ABZU, DUMUZL ERESHKIGAL.
NINSHUBUR, TAMMUZ ove and fertility The powers of love, and of fertility,
assure the future of humanity. Love goddesses are therefore prominent
throughout ...
Page 177
Her strong association with fertility is emphasized by the fact that her brother
Xochipilli appears to be her lover. It is likely that Xochipilli was connected with the
two deities of corn, the maize god Cinteotl and the flayed god xIPETOTEC.
Her strong association with fertility is emphasized by the fact that her brother
Xochipilli appears to be her lover. It is likely that Xochipilli was connected with the
two deities of corn, the maize god Cinteotl and the flayed god xIPETOTEC.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
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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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