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Page 89
... married love . She protected marriage and bestowed children , over whose destiny she exercised great power . The giantess Jord , mother of the thunder god THOR , may also have been Frigg's mother . Her father may have been ODIN , whom ...
... married love . She protected marriage and bestowed children , over whose destiny she exercised great power . The giantess Jord , mother of the thunder god THOR , may also have been Frigg's mother . Her father may have been ODIN , whom ...
Page 142
... married his widowed mother , Jocasta . In time , Oedipus became aware that he had committed both patri- cide and incest . The discovery drove him first to blind himself , then to wander as an exile . Soon afterward , Jocasta hanged ...
... married his widowed mother , Jocasta . In time , Oedipus became aware that he had committed both patri- cide and incest . The discovery drove him first to blind himself , then to wander as an exile . Soon afterward , Jocasta hanged ...
Page 148
... married to the sky god RANGI . In Hawaiian mythology , being married to the appar- ently mortal Wakea , she is much closer to human beings . According to the the Maoris , Rangi embraced Papa , thus trapping everything within the womb of ...
... married to the sky god RANGI . In Hawaiian mythology , being married to the appar- ently mortal Wakea , she is much closer to human beings . According to the the Maoris , Rangi embraced Papa , thus trapping everything within the womb 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