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 62
... follower , the nymph Callisto , bore Zeus a child , Artemis was so enraged by Callisto's lost virginity that she ... followers , the Knights of the Round Table , became the standard for chi- valry . Arthur was doubtless based on a ...
... follower , the nymph Callisto , bore Zeus a child , Artemis was so enraged by Callisto's lost virginity that she ... followers , the Knights of the Round Table , became the standard for chi- valry . Arthur was doubtless based on a ...
Page 84
... followers protected fertility , a circumstance which suggests that Dionysus may once , like DEMETER , have been a deity of vegetation and agriculture . His human followers were women known as maenads ( frenzied ones ) . According to one ...
... followers protected fertility , a circumstance which suggests that Dionysus may once , like DEMETER , have been a deity of vegetation and agriculture . His human followers were women known as maenads ( frenzied ones ) . According to one ...
Page 131
... followers , he held a last supper with the closest of them and returned to heaven . At the end of the world , Mithras was expected to come again to judge resur- rected mankind . Then , after a last battle with Ahriman , he would lead ...
... followers , he held a last supper with the closest of them and returned to heaven . At the end of the world , Mithras was expected to come again to judge resur- rected mankind . Then , after a last battle with Ahriman , he would lead ...
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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