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
... king was reconciled to his queen during his lifetime , although it was through Lancelot's intervention that ... king had a strange dream in which he saw " a chair , and the chair was fast to a wheel , and thereupon sat King Arthur in the ...
... king was reconciled to his queen during his lifetime , although it was through Lancelot's intervention that ... king had a strange dream in which he saw " a chair , and the chair was fast to a wheel , and thereupon sat King Arthur in the ...
Page 82
... king , Xerxes . In 597 BC , Nebuchadnezzar , King of Babylon , seized Jerusalem . Ten years later , the city was sacked and the Hebrews were deported to Babylon where they were held in captivity until the city's fall . Daniel was one ...
... king , Xerxes . In 597 BC , Nebuchadnezzar , King of Babylon , seized Jerusalem . Ten years later , the city was sacked and the Hebrews were deported to Babylon where they were held in captivity until the city's fall . Daniel was one ...
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... king , having been told by an oracle that the king who would save them would arrive in an ox cart . In gratitude , Gordius dedicated his cart to ZEUS and tied it to the yoke of the oxen with a knot so complex and so strong that no one ...
... king , having been told by an oracle that the king who would save them would arrive in an ox cart . In gratitude , Gordius dedicated his cart to ZEUS and tied it to the yoke of the oxen with a knot so complex and so strong that no one ...
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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