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Greece INTRODUCTION GREEK MYTHOLOGY has exercised a profound and
unparalleled influence upon Western culture. Dramatists, artists and
philosophers from Roman times, through the great revival of interest in antiquity
in the ...
Greece INTRODUCTION GREEK MYTHOLOGY has exercised a profound and
unparalleled influence upon Western culture. Dramatists, artists and
philosophers from Roman times, through the great revival of interest in antiquity
in the ...
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Rome INTRODUCTION MANY OF THE GREEK myths were adopted and
modified by the Romans, whose empire was the dominant power over and
beyond most of the area that we now know as modern Europe for the first four
centuries CE.
Rome INTRODUCTION MANY OF THE GREEK myths were adopted and
modified by the Romans, whose empire was the dominant power over and
beyond most of the area that we now know as modern Europe for the first four
centuries CE.
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Venus is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Aphrodite and also shares
similarities with the Sumerian fertility goddess Inanna and the Akkadian fertility
goddess Ishtar. THE ROMAN HERO THE ROMAN HERO contrasts strongly with
the heroes ...
Venus is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Aphrodite and also shares
similarities with the Sumerian fertility goddess Inanna and the Akkadian fertility
goddess Ishtar. THE ROMAN HERO THE ROMAN HERO contrasts strongly with
the heroes ...
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Contents
Introduction | 6 |
PIS Ancient Near East | 12 |
flflfc Oceania | 216 |
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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 cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting Hymir important Inanna Indian Inuit island Izanami journey killed king Krishna land lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting rain religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taino temple Tezcatlipoca themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | Encyclopedia of world mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Publisher | Barnes & Noble Books, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0760728550, 9780760728550 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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