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 12
... forces had existed before the world was created . In the act of creation , these powerful forces had been banished to the outer edges of the world , but they still continued to encroach upon the society of gods and men . Thus , every ...
... forces had existed before the world was created . In the act of creation , these powerful forces had been banished to the outer edges of the world , but they still continued to encroach upon the society of gods and men . Thus , every ...
Page 14
... forces . The genesis of Mesopotamian religion was the worship of natural phenomena . At first the Sumerians seem to have imagined some of these forces in animal form , but in later times the human form came to be preferred as a way to ...
... forces . The genesis of Mesopotamian religion was the worship of natural phenomena . At first the Sumerians seem to have imagined some of these forces in animal form , but in later times the human form came to be preferred as a way to ...
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... forces of order and the forces of chaos was moderate in comparison with the strict dualism of neighbouring Iran . Sumerian AN ENLIL NINTUR Babylonian Meaning CHRONOLOGY 2750 Appearance of cities in BC Sumer . 2600 Gilgamesh possibly ...
... forces of order and the forces of chaos was moderate in comparison with the strict dualism of neighbouring Iran . Sumerian AN ENLIL NINTUR Babylonian Meaning CHRONOLOGY 2750 Appearance of cities in BC Sumer . 2600 Gilgamesh possibly ...
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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