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 40
... final stages of glaciation . By 9000 BC , their descendants had reached Tierra del Fuego , the southern tip of South America . Migration from East Asia probably ceased when the Ice Age ended and the sea rose , so that the Bering Straits ...
... final stages of glaciation . By 9000 BC , their descendants had reached Tierra del Fuego , the southern tip of South America . Migration from East Asia probably ceased when the Ice Age ended and the sea rose , so that the Bering Straits ...
Page 57
... ( final renewal ) , the principle of good would be aided by SAOSHYANT , a saviour prophet . The Babylonian chaos dragon TIAMAT and the Hittite dragon Illuyankas were not dissimilar to Ahriman in that they con- stantly opposed created ...
... ( final renewal ) , the principle of good would be aided by SAOSHYANT , a saviour prophet . The Babylonian chaos dragon TIAMAT and the Hittite dragon Illuyankas were not dissimilar to Ahriman in that they con- stantly opposed created ...
Page 63
... final collapse resulted from a civil war rather than an Anglo- Saxon attack . The disastrous quarrel between Arthur and his nephew Modred may well echo an historic conflict . The final battle took place on a field near Salisbury . Prior ...
... final collapse resulted from a civil war rather than an Anglo- Saxon attack . The disastrous quarrel between Arthur and his nephew Modred may well echo an historic conflict . The final battle took place on a field near Salisbury . Prior ...
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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