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Page 87
ENLIL § Next in rank to the Sumerian sky god An, and sometimes believed to be
his son, was Enlil, the god of the air, who ... For his crime, the assembly of gods
banished him from Nippur, where his temple stood, and sentenced him to death.
ENLIL § Next in rank to the Sumerian sky god An, and sometimes believed to be
his son, was Enlil, the god of the air, who ... For his crime, the assembly of gods
banished him from Nippur, where his temple stood, and sentenced him to death.
Page 111
In the Hindu flood myth, the great god Vishnu, incarnated as the fish Matsya,
pulled the boat of Manu (the parallel with ... When the waters subsided Matsya
gave the survivors religious instruction, so that the world could worship gods
properly.
In the Hindu flood myth, the great god Vishnu, incarnated as the fish Matsya,
pulled the boat of Manu (the parallel with ... When the waters subsided Matsya
gave the survivors religious instruction, so that the world could worship gods
properly.
Page 121
First he raised reefs and sandbanks, then he made plants and birds and, finally,
he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points. ... 135 SEE ALSO EDAO,
LEMAN, WULLEB ology and a frequent companion of the great gods Thor and
Odin.
First he raised reefs and sandbanks, then he made plants and birds and, finally,
he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points. ... 135 SEE ALSO EDAO,
LEMAN, WULLEB ology and a frequent companion of the great gods Thor and
Odin.
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Bibliographic information
| 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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