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Page 59
Forget about your quarrel with the demons, and seek their assistance in churning
from the ocean a precious drink. Collect plants and herbs, cast them into the sea
of milk; then, taking the great snake Vasukias a cord, use a mountain, which I ...
Forget about your quarrel with the demons, and seek their assistance in churning
from the ocean a precious drink. Collect plants and herbs, cast them into the sea
of milk; then, taking the great snake Vasukias a cord, use a mountain, which I ...
Page 102
On the way to the first men, Holawaka met a snake which was eating a dead
animal. Holawaka looked longingly at the snake's meal and offered to let it hear
the message in return for sharing the carcass. At first the snake took no interest in
this ...
On the way to the first men, Holawaka met a snake which was eating a dead
animal. Holawaka looked longingly at the snake's meal and offered to let it hear
the message in return for sharing the carcass. At first the snake took no interest in
this ...
Page 109
The snake bit and poisoned Re who, being senile, was not able to cure himself.
... As the effects of the snake venom worsened, Re was compelled to speak, and
so Isis acquired some of his power and her unmatched skill in the magic arts.
The snake bit and poisoned Re who, being senile, was not able to cure himself.
... As the effects of the snake venom worsened, Re was compelled to speak, and
so Isis acquired some of his power and her unmatched skill in the magic arts.
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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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