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 72
... sons gave mankind certain gifts : Odin bestowed the soul ; Vili , understanding and the emotions ; and Ve , the senses and form . Dwarfs evolved from the maggots in Ymir's corpse . The sons of Bor were content to let them spread ...
... sons gave mankind certain gifts : Odin bestowed the soul ; Vili , understanding and the emotions ; and Ve , the senses and form . Dwarfs evolved from the maggots in Ymir's corpse . The sons of Bor were content to let them spread ...
Page 182
... son of Thyestes by his daughter , Pelopia . Thyestes had been told by an oracle that he would be revenged on his brother Atreus , who had murdered his sons , only if he had a son by his own daughter . He therefore raped Pelopia , who ...
... son of Thyestes by his daughter , Pelopia . Thyestes had been told by an oracle that he would be revenged on his brother Atreus , who had murdered his sons , only if he had a son by his own daughter . He therefore raped Pelopia , who ...
Page 201
... son Zeus on the island of Crete . Later , Zeus obliged Kronos to regurgitate his brothers and sisters , before ... sons , whom she turned into oxen to plough a vast tract of land . The land was then pushed out to sea and became the ...
... son Zeus on the island of Crete . Later , Zeus obliged Kronos to regurgitate his brothers and sisters , before ... sons , whom she turned into oxen to plough a vast tract of land . The land was then pushed out to sea and became the ...
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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