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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 59
Page 137
... told Noah to build an ark and , with his wife and three sons , to gather a male and female of every animal into the ark . He then sent a flood to destroy life on earth . The deluge lasted for forty days and forty nights . When the rains ...
... told Noah to build an ark and , with his wife and three sons , to gather a male and female of every animal into the ark . He then sent a flood to destroy life on earth . The deluge lasted for forty days and forty nights . When the rains ...
Page 142
... told to bind them with a cord . However , the shepherd disobeyed his orders and instead gave the child to a peasant who passed him on to Polybus , King of Corinth . The childless ruler adopted the boy and , because his feet were swollen ...
... told to bind them with a cord . However , the shepherd disobeyed his orders and instead gave the child to a peasant who passed him on to Polybus , King of Corinth . The childless ruler adopted the boy and , because his feet were swollen ...
Page 223
... told them that the sound was the voice of the Great Mask and that women and children must stay indoors when it was communicating with men , or it would destroy them . The secret of the bull - roarer was passed on to Moyna's sons . The ...
... told them that the sound was the voice of the Great Mask and that women and children must stay indoors when it was communicating with men , or it would destroy them . The secret of the bull - roarer was passed on to Moyna's sons . The ...
Other editions - View all
The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends Arthur Cotterell No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
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