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 129
... turned to horror when he discovered that his food turned to gold whenever he took a bite . Dionysus took pity on him and sent him to purify himself in a certain river , the silt of which thereafter contained gold dust . The asso ...
... turned to horror when he discovered that his food turned to gold whenever he took a bite . Dionysus took pity on him and sent him to purify himself in a certain river , the silt of which thereafter contained gold dust . The asso ...
Page 192
... turned himself into a pig , but , recognizing the beast as magical , the enemies turned themselves into hounds and gave chase . Failing to capture Cian , they eventually assumed their human form again and stoned him to death . As a ...
... turned himself into a pig , but , recognizing the beast as magical , the enemies turned themselves into hounds and gave chase . Failing to capture Cian , they eventually assumed their human form again and stoned him to death . As a ...
Page 218
... turned into a wolf . According to the Greeks , Lycaon's sons killed their brother , Nyctimus , and offered him in a soup to ZEUS , who was disguised as a beggar . Zeus restored Nyctimus to life , killed the brothers with a thunderbolt ...
... turned into a wolf . According to the Greeks , Lycaon's sons killed their brother , Nyctimus , and offered him in a soup to ZEUS , who was disguised as a beggar . Zeus restored Nyctimus to life , killed the brothers with a thunderbolt ...
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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