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 20
... island of Crete , which lies across the southern entrance to the Aegean , should become the site , in about 2000 BC , of the first civilization in Europe comparable with the more ancient traditions of Egypt and West Asia . Greek legend ...
... island of Crete , which lies across the southern entrance to the Aegean , should become the site , in about 2000 BC , of the first civilization in Europe comparable with the more ancient traditions of Egypt and West Asia . Greek legend ...
Page 50
... Island ; it contains the island groups of Tonga , Samoa , Tahiti and Tuamotu . Melanesia lies west of this area and includes the great island of Papua , the archipelagos of the Admiralty Islands , Solomon Islands , Banks Islands and New ...
... Island ; it contains the island groups of Tonga , Samoa , Tahiti and Tuamotu . Melanesia lies west of this area and includes the great island of Papua , the archipelagos of the Admiralty Islands , Solomon Islands , Banks Islands and New ...
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... island of Aegina . Bue The legendary hero of the Gilbert Islands . He was the son of a woman who had been magically impregnated by the sun god . Like the Polynesian hero MAUI , he had a whole series of adventures . But he was most ...
... island of Aegina . Bue The legendary hero of the Gilbert Islands . He was the son of a woman who had been magically impregnated by the sun god . Like the Polynesian hero MAUI , he had a whole series of adventures . But he was most ...
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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