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Page 30
The result of this attitude has been the development of a range of myth and
legend which is unrivalled anywhere else in the world. The second significant
aspect of Indian belief is the fundamental unity of the universe itself. In Hinduism
every ...
The result of this attitude has been the development of a range of myth and
legend which is unrivalled anywhere else in the world. The second significant
aspect of Indian belief is the fundamental unity of the universe itself. In Hinduism
every ...
Page 38
Only in Vietnam did Chinese political and religious ideas take root firmly, as a
result of centuries of occupation. Elsewhere the Chinese emperors were content
with nominal recognition from local rulers. The closeness of the Vietnamese ...
Only in Vietnam did Chinese political and religious ideas take root firmly, as a
result of centuries of occupation. Elsewhere the Chinese emperors were content
with nominal recognition from local rulers. The closeness of the Vietnamese ...
Page 157
He was held to have fallen from the heavenly kingdom as a result of his pride or
envy. In the apocryphal Book of John the Evangelist, JESUS says of Satan, "My
Father changed his appearance because of his pride, and the light was taken
from ...
He was held to have fallen from the heavenly kingdom as a result of his pride or
envy. In the apocryphal Book of John the Evangelist, JESUS says of Satan, "My
Father changed his appearance because of his pride, and the light was taken
from ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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