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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
Taking advantage of Re's senility, Isis collected some of the spittle that dripped
from his lips, mixed it with earth and fashioned a snake, which she placed in Re's
path. The snake bit and poisoned Re who, being senile, was not able to cure ...
Taking advantage of Re's senility, Isis collected some of the spittle that dripped
from his lips, mixed it with earth and fashioned a snake, which she placed in Re's
path. The snake bit and poisoned Re who, being senile, was not able to cure ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN EUROPE | 26 |
NORTH AMERICA | 42 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
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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