Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths |
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Some scholars believe that they were originally differentiated ; but spirits who lived in the earth , where the dead were buried and from which the crops arose each year , almost inevitably came to be associated with both events .
Some scholars believe that they were originally differentiated ; but spirits who lived in the earth , where the dead were buried and from which the crops arose each year , almost inevitably came to be associated with both events .
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Most scholars agree that Hephaestus was originally an Asian god . Although he was one of the Olympians by Homer's time , he does not figure in many Greek myths , beyond receiving credit for numberless works of art .
Most scholars agree that Hephaestus was originally an Asian god . Although he was one of the Olympians by Homer's time , he does not figure in many Greek myths , beyond receiving credit for numberless works of art .
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Originally Liber and Libera may have been Italian fertility - deities who came , in time , to be associated with Ceres when she was connected with the widespread cult of Demeter . Libera . An ancient Roman fertility - goddess .
Originally Liber and Libera may have been Italian fertility - deities who came , in time , to be associated with Ceres when she was connected with the widespread cult of Demeter . Libera . An ancient Roman fertility - goddess .
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