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78/79 , Last Days , p.122 and Giants , p.159 At first , Loki was an attractive
character and frequently helped the gods . Once he prevented a giant from
carrying off the beautiful goddess Freya , ODIN's first wife . Freya had been
promised to a ...
78/79 , Last Days , p.122 and Giants , p.159 At first , Loki was an attractive
character and frequently helped the gods . Once he prevented a giant from
carrying off the beautiful goddess Freya , ODIN's first wife . Freya had been
promised to a ...
Page 190
Buto allied herself with the Egyptian goddess isis and helped her to protect her
infant HORUS by removing him from the floating island of Chemnis . Borak In
Islamic mythology , a fabulous beast , part human and part animal , on whose
back ...
Buto allied herself with the Egyptian goddess isis and helped her to protect her
infant HORUS by removing him from the floating island of Chemnis . Borak In
Islamic mythology , a fabulous beast , part human and part animal , on whose
back ...
Page 209
Inaras In the Hittite mythology of Asia Minor , the goddess who , with her mortal
lover Hupasiyas , helped TARU to destroy the dragon Illuyankas . Apart from
helping the weather god to slay monsters , Inaras seems to have acted as the ...
Inaras In the Hittite mythology of Asia Minor , the goddess who , with her mortal
lover Hupasiyas , helped TARU to destroy the dragon Illuyankas . Apart from
helping the weather god to slay monsters , Inaras seems to have acted as the ...
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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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