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Page 134
The brothers climbed down a smokeblackened ladder and were greeted by
Spider Woman, who told them of the dangers that faced them on their journey to
the sun god. “Four perils, four places of danger await you," she warned. “Beware
the ...
The brothers climbed down a smokeblackened ladder and were greeted by
Spider Woman, who told them of the dangers that faced them on their journey to
the sun god. “Four perils, four places of danger await you," she warned. “Beware
the ...
Page 230
When he created the first man and woman, he failed to give them food and the
man died; the sun then made the woman fertile, but Pachacamac ... Unable to
catch the woman's second son, Wichama, Pachacamac killed the woman instead
.
When he created the first man and woman, he failed to give them food and the
man died; the sun then made the woman fertile, but Pachacamac ... Unable to
catch the woman's second son, Wichama, Pachacamac killed the woman instead
.
Page 240
One of the children died and each woman claimed the surviving child as her own.
When Solomon suggested cutting the child in two, so that each woman could
have half, one of the women agreed to the proposal. Solomon therefore knew
that ...
One of the children died and each woman claimed the surviving child as her own.
When Solomon suggested cutting the child in two, so that each woman could
have half, one of the women agreed to the proposal. Solomon therefore knew
that ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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