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 27
... legendary cycles carried over into Christian chivalry . The medieval church was always uneasy about the Grail , which Joseph of Arimathea was supposed to have brought to Britain , since it was considered too obvious a descendant of the ...
... legendary cycles carried over into Christian chivalry . The medieval church was always uneasy about the Grail , which Joseph of Arimathea was supposed to have brought to Britain , since it was considered too obvious a descendant of the ...
Page 190
... 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 remembered for the wisdom that ...
... 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 remembered for the wisdom that ...
Page 236
... Legendary Slavic water spirits , amphibious maidens who live half the year in water , half in the forest . They are said to be the souls of girls who died on their wedding night or , alternatively , those of unbaptized girls . Some of ...
... Legendary Slavic water spirits , amphibious maidens who live half the year in water , half in the forest . They are said to be the souls of girls who died on their wedding night or , alternatively , those of unbaptized girls . Some of ...
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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