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 200
... represented as a young man , seated on a white elephant with six tusks and holding a lotus flower . Fugen- bosatsu was of particular appeal to women in medieval Japan . In the thirteenth century , he appeared to a monk as a courtesan ...
... represented as a young man , seated on a white elephant with six tusks and holding a lotus flower . Fugen- bosatsu was of particular appeal to women in medieval Japan . In the thirteenth century , he appeared to a monk as a courtesan ...
Page 212
... represented with a bow ( made of sugar - cane ) and arrows ( whose tips are made of sweetly- perfumed flowers ) . The first - born of the gods , Kama embodies the primal desire of the universal mind . He was the cause of creation , the ...
... represented with a bow ( made of sugar - cane ) and arrows ( whose tips are made of sweetly- perfumed flowers ) . The first - born of the gods , Kama embodies the primal desire of the universal mind . He was the cause of creation , the ...
Page 213
... represented the rising sun . He was self - created , born of his own substance , and therefore an original creator deity . Khepra was portrayed either as a man with the head of a scarab beetle , or simply as a scarab beetle . He was ...
... represented the rising sun . He was self - created , born of his own substance , and therefore an original creator deity . Khepra was portrayed either as a man with the head of a scarab beetle , or simply as a scarab beetle . He was ...
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The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends Arthur Cotterell No preview available - 1995 |
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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