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 40
... spirit world and mankind . In a spirit - possessed trance or frenzy , they raise themselves to the upperworld . Here they can gain control over the spirits of disease in order to exorcize them from sick people . There are even tales in ...
... spirit world and mankind . In a spirit - possessed trance or frenzy , they raise themselves to the upperworld . Here they can gain control over the spirits of disease in order to exorcize them from sick people . There are even tales in ...
Page 93
... spirits again during the hours of darkness . This is why each spirit is careful to shape for itself a container made from a leaf , in which the dew may hide . The entrance to Gimokodan is a certain river . The spirit of the deceased ...
... spirits again during the hours of darkness . This is why each spirit is careful to shape for itself a container made from a leaf , in which the dew may hide . The entrance to Gimokodan is a certain river . The spirit of the deceased ...
Page 245
... spirit of evil and that it lived on the ground underneath the water . Ulgan named the spirit , the first man , ERLIK , then asked for some of this earth , and from it he formed the continents . Thus , the forces of good and evil ...
... spirit of evil and that it lived on the ground underneath the water . Ulgan named the spirit , the first man , ERLIK , then asked for some of this earth , and from it he formed the continents . Thus , the forces of good and evil ...
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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