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 53
... offered food and drink . But Adapa politely declined both and , when asked why , explained Ea's instructions . On hearing them , Anu burst into laughter , for he had actually offered Adapa the food and water of eternal life . Anu had ...
... offered food and drink . But Adapa politely declined both and , when asked why , explained Ea's instructions . On hearing them , Anu burst into laughter , for he had actually offered Adapa the food and water of eternal life . Anu had ...
Page 142
... offered the vacant throne and 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 ...
... offered the vacant throne and 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 ...
Page 218
... offered him in a soup to ZEUS , who was disguised as a beggar . Zeus restored Nyctimus to life , killed the brothers with a thunderbolt , and turned Lycaon into a wolf . In the Roman version , JUPITER , who was visiting earth to ...
... offered him in a soup to ZEUS , who was disguised as a beggar . Zeus restored Nyctimus to life , killed the brothers with a thunderbolt , and turned Lycaon into a wolf . In the Roman version , JUPITER , who was visiting earth to ...
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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