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 59
... snake Vasuki as a cord , use a mountain , which I will support , as the churning - staff . " So a mountain was placed on the back of the turtle and the gods and demons twisted and pulled on Vasuki the snake to turn the mountain and ...
... snake Vasuki as a cord , use a mountain , which I will support , as the churning - staff . " So a mountain was placed on the back of the turtle and the gods and demons twisted and pulled on Vasuki the snake to turn the mountain and ...
Page 102
... 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 proposal , but the bird ...
... 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 proposal , but the bird ...
Page 109
... snake , which she placed in Re's path . The snake bit and poisoned Re who , being senile , was not able to cure himself . Only Isis could remove the poison and pain . She advised Re to utter his secret name , saying that its divinity ...
... snake , which she placed in Re's path . The snake bit and poisoned Re who , being senile , was not able to cure himself . Only Isis could remove the poison and pain . She advised Re to utter his secret name , saying that its divinity ...
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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