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 19
... Worship of Tammuz , the husband of Ishtar , had spread early into Canaan , even finding a temporary place in Hebrew worship . A similar concern with fertility is evident in Hittite mythology . Quite often a god disappeared , either in ...
... Worship of Tammuz , the husband of Ishtar , had spread early into Canaan , even finding a temporary place in Hebrew worship . A similar concern with fertility is evident in Hittite mythology . Quite often a god disappeared , either in ...
Page 34
... worship has largely disappeared in the People's Republic , respect for one's forebears is still shown , though with flowers rather than by sweeping the ancestral graves . For the Shang kings , the heavenly powers provided descendants ...
... worship has largely disappeared in the People's Republic , respect for one's forebears is still shown , though with flowers rather than by sweeping the ancestral graves . For the Shang kings , the heavenly powers provided descendants ...
Page 82
... worship and had driven the Hebrews into open revolt . The book tells of Daniel comforting the Hebrews , saying , " there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia ; and the fourth shall be far richer than them all ; and by his strength ...
... worship and had driven the Hebrews into open revolt . The book tells of Daniel comforting the Hebrews , saying , " there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia ; and the fourth shall be far richer than them all ; and by his strength ...
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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