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CHRONOLOGY 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 .
CHRONOLOGY 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 .
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L ove and fertility The powers of love , and of fertility , assure the future of
humanity . Love goddesses are therefore prominent throughout mythology .
Aphrodite , the Greek goddess of love , was unfaithful to her husband and bore
the children ...
L ove and fertility The powers of love , and of fertility , assure the future of
humanity . Love goddesses are therefore prominent throughout mythology .
Aphrodite , the Greek goddess of love , was unfaithful to her husband and bore
the children ...
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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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| 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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