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 43
... serpent Quetzalcoatl , represented on this turquoise and jade inlaid mask ( below right ) , was the principal god of the Aztecs . Tikal , in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle ( below ) , was a great ceremonial city built by the Maya ...
... serpent Quetzalcoatl , represented on this turquoise and jade inlaid mask ( below right ) , was the principal god of the Aztecs . Tikal , in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle ( below ) , was a great ceremonial city built by the Maya ...
Page 114
... serpent's body was still partly wound around her dead child , and seizing an axe , she started to chop the serpent into pieces . Although the serpent goddess was able to rejoin the severed parts of her body , she was so offended that ...
... serpent's body was still partly wound around her dead child , and seizing an axe , she started to chop the serpent into pieces . Although the serpent goddess was able to rejoin the severed parts of her body , she was so offended that ...
Page 115
... serpent embodies a number of different symbolic values . The power to give life - implicit in the fertility symbol - is allied to great knowledge . The power to slough off its skin implied immortality - often represented by a coiled serpent ...
... serpent embodies a number of different symbolic values . The power to give life - implicit in the fertility symbol - is allied to great knowledge . The power to slough off its skin implied immortality - often represented by a coiled serpent ...
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The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends Arthur Cotterell No preview available - 1995 |
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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