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The complex nature of religious belief in India is the result of a long historical
process of assimilation . Just as the caste system of social organization has
grown over the past 3,500 years , by incorporating the customs of newly
amalgamated ...
The complex nature of religious belief in India is the result of a long historical
process of assimilation . Just as the caste system of social organization has
grown over the past 3,500 years , by incorporating the customs of newly
amalgamated ...
Page 127
As a result , Rhea Silvia had twin sons , Romulus and Remus . When their birth
became known , Rhea Silvia was condemned as a fallen priestess and
imprisoned . Years later , however , her sons released her from captivity .
Romulus founded ...
As a result , Rhea Silvia had twin sons , Romulus and Remus . When their birth
became known , Rhea Silvia was condemned as a fallen priestess and
imprisoned . Years later , however , her sons released her from captivity .
Romulus founded ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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