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 62
... once for murder by the assembly of gods . Ares was acquitted , and later the Athenians named their homicide court the Areopagus ( Hill of Ares ) . Ares was an unpopular god and was not generally worshipped by the Greeks , who feared his ...
... once for murder by the assembly of gods . Ares was acquitted , and later the Athenians named their homicide court the Areopagus ( Hill of Ares ) . Ares was an unpopular god and was not generally worshipped by the Greeks , who feared his ...
Page 71
... Once their work was done , these ancestral deities sank once more into sleep . Aboriginal mythology records the actions of the ancestral spirits during this remote period . One aboriginal group , the Binbinga , remember how the snake ...
... Once their work was done , these ancestral deities sank once more into sleep . Aboriginal mythology records the actions of the ancestral spirits during this remote period . One aboriginal group , the Binbinga , remember how the snake ...
Page 90
... once associated with a Celtic sun god . Indeed , the name of Gawain's father , Loth , is close to the Welsh Lleu and Irish LUGH , both of whom were solar deities . Gawain also inherited several adven- tures which originally were ...
... once associated with a Celtic sun god . Indeed , the name of Gawain's father , Loth , is close to the Welsh Lleu and Irish LUGH , both of whom were solar deities . Gawain also inherited several adven- tures which originally 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