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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 embodied energy and force rather than
the calm of divine authority. His name means “lord of the wind", and he was ...
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 embodied energy and force rather than
the calm of divine authority. His name means “lord of the wind", and he was ...
Page 111
In the Hindu flood myth, the great god Vishnu, incarnated as the fish Matsya,
pulled the boat of Manu (the parallel with Noah) to the safety of the Himalayan
peaks. When the waters subsided Matsya gave the survivors religious instruction,
...
In the Hindu flood myth, the great god Vishnu, incarnated as the fish Matsya,
pulled the boat of Manu (the parallel with Noah) to the safety of the Himalayan
peaks. When the waters subsided Matsya gave the survivors religious instruction,
...
Page 121
To cope with this unpleasant feeling, the god distracted himself with games of
creation. First he raised reefs and sandbanks, then he made plants and birds and
, finally, he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points. Thinking that he had ...
To cope with this unpleasant feeling, the god distracted himself with games of
creation. First he raised reefs and sandbanks, then he made plants and birds and
, finally, he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points. Thinking that he had ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal 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 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
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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