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 30
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 38
... result of centuries of occupation . Elsewhere the Chinese emperors were content with nominal recognition from local rulers . The closeness of the Vietna- mese relationship with ancient China has stamped itself on Vietnamese myth , and ...
... result of centuries of occupation . Elsewhere the Chinese emperors were content with nominal recognition from local rulers . The closeness of the Vietna- mese relationship with ancient China has stamped itself on Vietnamese myth , and ...
Page 157
... 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 him , and his face became unto a heated iron ...
... 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 him , and his face became unto a heated iron ...
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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