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 85
... moon as weak and attribute this characteristic to the premature birth of the moon . The myth relates that a man digging in his garden found a small bright disc and picked it up . Surprised at his find , he let the disc escape from his ...
... moon as weak and attribute this characteristic to the premature birth of the moon . The myth relates that a man digging in his garden found a small bright disc and picked it up . Surprised at his find , he let the disc escape from his ...
Page 213
... moon god , the son of AMUN and Mut , the vulture goddess . As the moon , he was a wanderer who travelled across the sky in a boat . He was commonly represented as a young man , with a crescent moon supporting a full moon on his head ...
... moon god , the son of AMUN and Mut , the vulture goddess . As the moon , he was a wanderer who travelled across the sky in a boat . He was commonly represented as a young man , with a crescent moon supporting a full moon on his head ...
Page 256
... moon gods : Mamaiuran 119 ; Maya 109 ; Shinto 111 ; Sumerian 87 , 162 moon man 48 ; aboriginal 175 ; Voodoo 119 Morgan le Fay 222 Morgan Mywnoaur 124 Morpheus 223 Morrigan 27 , 223 ; and Cuchulainn 80 mortality , African belief 46 Moses ...
... moon gods : Mamaiuran 119 ; Maya 109 ; Shinto 111 ; Sumerian 87 , 162 moon man 48 ; aboriginal 175 ; Voodoo 119 Morgan le Fay 222 Morgan Mywnoaur 124 Morpheus 223 Morrigan 27 , 223 ; and Cuchulainn 80 mortality , African belief 46 Moses ...
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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