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 21
... story after story . The second factor that shaped the mythology of the ancient Greeks was the language itself . The subtlety and range of the Greek tongue encouraged speculation about the nature of existence . Poets such as Homer , in ...
... story after story . The second factor that shaped the mythology of the ancient Greeks was the language itself . The subtlety and range of the Greek tongue encouraged speculation about the nature of existence . Poets such as Homer , in ...
Page 113
... stories have been excluded from the New Testament . One New Testament story , which is generally accepted as being a myth , and which is paralleled in the stories of Sargon and Moses and is that of the massacre of the children by Herod ...
... stories have been excluded from the New Testament . One New Testament story , which is generally accepted as being a myth , and which is paralleled in the stories of Sargon and Moses and is that of the massacre of the children by Herod ...
Page 164
... story says that the body of Ta'aroa , like that of Panku , formed the raw material for the creation of the world . The Tahitians regarded Ta'aroa as Rua- i - tupra ( the source of growth ) , for out of his body the god built his own ...
... story says that the body of Ta'aroa , like that of Panku , formed the raw material for the creation of the world . The Tahitians regarded Ta'aroa as Rua- i - tupra ( the source of growth ) , for out of his body the god built his own ...
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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