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 47
... river . 1495 Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope . 1517 Spain begins importing African slaves for labour . 1652 Dutch plant a settlement at Cape Town . 1806 The Cape becomes a British Colony . 1841 David Livingstone sets out on ...
... river . 1495 Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope . 1517 Spain begins importing African slaves for labour . 1652 Dutch plant a settlement at Cape Town . 1806 The Cape becomes a British Colony . 1841 David Livingstone sets out on ...
Page 93
... river . The spirit of the deceased ( gimokod ) bathes in it in order to forget its former life . A similar idea existed in Greek mythology , around the River Lethe , although the waters of this underworld river were drunk by the spirits ...
... river . The spirit of the deceased ( gimokod ) bathes in it in order to forget its former life . A similar idea existed in Greek mythology , around the River Lethe , although the waters of this underworld river were drunk by the spirits ...
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... river nymph , but was loved by the monstrous Polyphemus , who was one of the one - eyed CYCLOPES . To remove his rival , Polyphemus killed Acis by crushing him under a huge rock . The blood of Acis was turned by the gods , or by Galatea ...
... river nymph , but was loved by the monstrous Polyphemus , who was one of the one - eyed CYCLOPES . To remove his rival , Polyphemus killed Acis by crushing him under a huge rock . The blood of Acis was turned by the gods , or by Galatea ...
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