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Page 50
HAWAIP A 1 MARIANA PACIFIC OCEAN ISLANDS Guam MT с MARSHALL
CAROLINE ISLANDS ISLANDS ME ADMIRALTY ... Melanesia lies west of this
area and includes the great island of Papua , the archipelagos of the Admiralty
Islands ...
HAWAIP A 1 MARIANA PACIFIC OCEAN ISLANDS Guam MT с MARSHALL
CAROLINE ISLANDS ISLANDS ME ADMIRALTY ... Melanesia lies west of this
area and includes the great island of Papua , the archipelagos of the Admiralty
Islands ...
Page 70
When she threw the dust into the ocean , it rapidly formed a huge island , much to
the annoyance of the sea serpent Naga Padoha . The sea serpent arched its
enormous back and so made the island float away from its home . So Batara
Guru ...
When she threw the dust into the ocean , it rapidly formed a huge island , much to
the annoyance of the sea serpent Naga Padoha . The sea serpent arched its
enormous back and so made the island float away from its home . So Batara
Guru ...
Page 190
After the escape from Crete , Britomaris took up residence in a grove , sacred to
Artemis , on the 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 ...
After the escape from Crete , Britomaris took up residence in a grove , sacred to
Artemis , on the 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 ...
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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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