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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... nature of the gods . More critical still was the view of Xenophanes of Colophon . Tilting at the blatant human attributes of the Greek gods , he said that if cattle could draw , they would make their own gods in the likeness of cattle ...
... nature of the gods . More critical still was the view of Xenophanes of Colophon . Tilting at the blatant human attributes of the Greek gods , he said that if cattle could draw , they would make their own gods in the likeness of cattle ...
Page 93
... natural phenomena . According to Bagobo tradition , the land of the dead , Gimokodan , lies below the earth and is ... nature . In this second section there is a giantess , whose many nipples give succour to the spirits of infants ...
... natural phenomena . According to Bagobo tradition , the land of the dead , Gimokodan , lies below the earth and is ... nature . In this second section there is a giantess , whose many nipples give succour to the spirits of infants ...
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... nature is the subject of many tales . Kamapua'a means " hog child " - the deity was born with the face and body of a ... natural phenomena , such as the occasion when he saw two pretty women and decided to chase them . But they were ...
... nature is the subject of many tales . Kamapua'a means " hog child " - the deity was born with the face and body of a ... natural phenomena , such as the occasion when he saw two pretty women and decided to chase them . But they were ...
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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