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 100
... wife . Several myths exist about their courtship , and various shrines in Greece commemorate it . Hera had four children by Zeus : the war god ARES , the smith god HEPHAistos , the goddess of childbirth Ilithyia , and Hebe , the cup ...
... wife . Several myths exist about their courtship , and various shrines in Greece commemorate it . Hera had four children by Zeus : the war god ARES , the smith god HEPHAistos , the goddess of childbirth Ilithyia , and Hebe , the cup ...
Page 133
... wife and two sons , scraped an existence by eating roots and berries . One night , the Indian had a dream in which a voice commanded him to obtain a giant spider- web and hang it across an animal trail to trap food . The Indian did as ...
... wife and two sons , scraped an existence by eating roots and berries . One night , the Indian had a dream in which a voice commanded him to obtain a giant spider- web and hang it across an animal trail to trap food . The Indian did as ...
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... wife of the cowherd Ayanagosha and the lover of KRISHNA , the most popular avatar of VISHNU . Ayanagosha's sister told him of Radha's adultery , but when he went in search of Radha and Krishna , he found his wife with a goddess , whose ...
... wife of the cowherd Ayanagosha and the lover of KRISHNA , the most popular avatar of VISHNU . Ayanagosha's sister told him of Radha's adultery , but when he went in search of Radha and Krishna , he found his wife with a goddess , whose ...
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