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 182
... killed by a falling tree , but the rest of the group survived to be the progenitors of the human race . Aegeus In Greek mythology , the king of Athens and possibly father of THESEUS . Because the Athenians killed Androgeos , the son of ...
... killed by a falling tree , but the rest of the group survived to be the progenitors of the human race . Aegeus In Greek mythology , the king of Athens and possibly father of THESEUS . Because the Athenians killed Androgeos , the son of ...
Page 208
... killed Hymir on an expedition to steal the cauldron . In others , Thor and Hymir went fishing together to land the ... killed Castor , after waiting in ambush for him . ZEUS then killed Idas with a thunderbolt . Idas , Lynceus , Castor ...
... killed Hymir on an expedition to steal the cauldron . In others , Thor and Hymir went fishing together to land the ... killed Castor , after waiting in ambush for him . ZEUS then killed Idas with a thunderbolt . Idas , Lynceus , Castor ...
Page 218
... killed their brother , Nyctimus , and offered him in a soup to ZEUS , who was disguised as a beggar . Zeus restored Nyctimus to life , killed the brothers with a thunderbolt , and turned Lycaon into a wolf . In the Roman version ...
... killed their brother , Nyctimus , and offered him in a soup to ZEUS , who was disguised as a beggar . Zeus restored Nyctimus to life , killed the brothers with a thunderbolt , and turned Lycaon into a wolf . In the Roman version ...
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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