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 19
... fertility is evident in Hittite mythology . Quite often a god disappeared , either in anger or in pursuit of some ... fertility . The myth of Attis and Cybele ( far left ) , which centres on fertility , was of such potency that it drew a ...
... fertility is evident in Hittite mythology . Quite often a god disappeared , either in anger or in pursuit of some ... fertility . The myth of Attis and Cybele ( far left ) , which centres on fertility , was of such potency that it drew a ...
Page 106
... Fertility , pp . 106/107 SEE ALSO ABZU , DUMUZI , ERESHKIGAL , NINSHUBUR , TAMMUZ ove and fertility The powers of love , and of fertility , assure the future of humanity . Love goddesses are therefore prominent throughout mythology ...
... Fertility , pp . 106/107 SEE ALSO ABZU , DUMUZI , ERESHKIGAL , NINSHUBUR , TAMMUZ ove and fertility The powers of love , and of fertility , assure the future of humanity . Love goddesses are therefore prominent throughout mythology ...
Page 119
... fertility and good fortune . For the same reason , Sumerian kings annually went through a ceremony in which they married the fertility goddess INANNA . The significance of the lotus cannot be overstated . It represents the female princi ...
... fertility and good fortune . For the same reason , Sumerian kings annually went through a ceremony in which they married the fertility goddess INANNA . The significance of the lotus cannot be overstated . It represents the female princi ...
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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