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 63
... hand above the water and caught it , and so shook it thrice , and then vanished away the hand with the sword into the water " . Feeling that his time had come , Arthur asked Bedivere to take him to the beach where three fairies waited ...
... hand above the water and caught it , and so shook it thrice , and then vanished away the hand with the sword into the water " . Feeling that his time had come , Arthur asked Bedivere to take him to the beach where three fairies waited ...
Page 67
... hand- some young man sometimes holding a lotus flower in his left hand , sometimes with his hands joined together . In his hair he often wears a picture of Amitabha , an incarnation of BUDDHA . In recognition of the extent of his ...
... hand- some young man sometimes holding a lotus flower in his left hand , sometimes with his hands joined together . In his hair he often wears a picture of Amitabha , an incarnation of BUDDHA . In recognition of the extent of his ...
Page 69
... hand . To establish his royal authority and impose order in the face of impending chaos , Baal pitted his strength against the menacing sea god Yamm and all his forces . A hymn from the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit relates how " The ...
... hand . To establish his royal authority and impose order in the face of impending chaos , Baal pitted his strength against the menacing sea god Yamm and all his forces . A hymn from the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit relates how " The ...
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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