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Page 34
The beliefs of the Shang Chinese are known because it was the custom to keep
records when rulers consulted the ancestral spirits. Divination, which involved
interpreting cracks on scorched animal bones and, sometimes, tortoise shells,
was ...
The beliefs of the Shang Chinese are known because it was the custom to keep
records when rulers consulted the ancestral spirits. Divination, which involved
interpreting cracks on scorched animal bones and, sometimes, tortoise shells,
was ...
Page 38
Elsewhere the Chinese emperors were content with nominal recognition from
local rulers. The closeness of the Vietnamese relationship with ancient China has
stamped itself on Vietnamese myth, and the earliest legends record both the debt
...
Elsewhere the Chinese emperors were content with nominal recognition from
local rulers. The closeness of the Vietnamese relationship with ancient China has
stamped itself on Vietnamese myth, and the earliest legends record both the debt
...
Page 173
See also War, pp.94/95 the sky. hymns, which convey Aryan thought in Often
associated with Surya, ruler of the sky during the day, Varuna was at one time the
upholder of heaven and earth, the supreme deity to whom especial honour was ...
See also War, pp.94/95 the sky. hymns, which convey Aryan thought in Often
associated with Surya, ruler of the sky during the day, Varuna was at one time the
upholder of heaven and earth, the supreme deity to whom especial honour was ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal 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 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
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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