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 14
... pantheon . The ultimate supreme authority in the pantheon was An ( Sumerian ) or Anu ( Babylonian ) , whose name means " sky " The Sumerians probably believed that life arose from the marriage of An ( sky ) and Ki ( earth ) . However ...
... pantheon . The ultimate supreme authority in the pantheon was An ( Sumerian ) or Anu ( Babylonian ) , whose name means " sky " The Sumerians probably believed that life arose from the marriage of An ( sky ) and Ki ( earth ) . However ...
Page 23
... pantheon . A reconstructed fresco ( left ) from the palace at Knossos , on Crete , depicts a charging bull in an olive grove . This represents the Minoan bull cult which gave rise to the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur . Greek ...
... pantheon . A reconstructed fresco ( left ) from the palace at Knossos , on Crete , depicts a charging bull in an olive grove . This represents the Minoan bull cult which gave rise to the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur . Greek ...
Page 33
... pantheon had elected Marduk as champion against the she - dragon Tiamat ; now the Hindu gods passed all their powers to the goddess for the contest . As ten - armed Durga ( inaccessible ) , Devi rode to battle with Mahisha . After a ...
... pantheon had elected Marduk as champion against the she - dragon Tiamat ; now the Hindu gods passed all their powers to the goddess for the contest . As ten - armed Durga ( inaccessible ) , Devi rode to battle with Mahisha . After a ...
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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