Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 190
... Amaterasu , and the colonisation of Japan by Susa - no - o and his descendants in the Izumo Cycle . Just as it seems that the incoming Yayoi people subjugated the earli- er Jomon civilisation , Okuninushi and his clan in Izumo were ...
... Amaterasu , and the colonisation of Japan by Susa - no - o and his descendants in the Izumo Cycle . Just as it seems that the incoming Yayoi people subjugated the earli- er Jomon civilisation , Okuninushi and his clan in Izumo were ...
Page 193
... Amaterasu . T AMATERASU FOLLOWING IZANAGI's return alone to the land of the living , a number of gods and goddesses emerged from his body and clothing . The most important of these were the sun goddess Amaterasu , the moon god Tsuki ...
... Amaterasu . T AMATERASU FOLLOWING IZANAGI's return alone to the land of the living , a number of gods and goddesses emerged from his body and clothing . The most important of these were the sun goddess Amaterasu , the moon god Tsuki ...
Page 194
... Amaterasu by Izanagi as a sym- bol of sovereignty , a metal mirror repre- senting the one used by the gods to lure Amaterasu from her cave , and a sword symbolising the Kusanagi found by Susa- no - o and later owned by Jimmu , the first ...
... Amaterasu by Izanagi as a sym- bol of sovereignty , a metal mirror repre- senting the one used by the gods to lure Amaterasu from her cave , and a sword symbolising the Kusanagi found by Susa- no - o and later owned by Jimmu , the first ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus