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Page 129
Merlin used his magic arts to bring together the couple who were to become
ARTHUR's parents: Uther Pendragon, the English king, and Igraine, the Duchess
of Cornwall. The seduction took place at Tintagel and Merlin accomplished it by ...
Merlin used his magic arts to bring together the couple who were to become
ARTHUR's parents: Uther Pendragon, the English king, and Igraine, the Duchess
of Cornwall. The seduction took place at Tintagel and Merlin accomplished it by ...
Page 134
“Four perils, four places of danger await you," she warned. “Beware the rocks
which crush, the sharp reeds which cut, the cacti which tear to pieces, and the
boiling sands which overwhelm." Spider Woman then gave the brothers two
magic ...
“Four perils, four places of danger await you," she warned. “Beware the rocks
which crush, the sharp reeds which cut, the cacti which tear to pieces, and the
boiling sands which overwhelm." Spider Woman then gave the brothers two
magic ...
Page 168
Since the gods who judged Osiris were regarded as sinister and hardly disposed
to be merciful, it was thought necessary to supplement Osiris's claim of innocence
by a plentiful use of magic. In the Book of the Dead a spell exists which was ...
Since the gods who judged Osiris were regarded as sinister and hardly disposed
to be merciful, it was thought necessary to supplement Osiris's claim of innocence
by a plentiful use of magic. In the Book of the Dead a spell exists which was ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
Copyright | |
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal 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 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
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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