Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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... no - o and his sister Amaterasu . T AMATERASU FOLLOWING IZANAGI's return alone to the land of the living , a number ... Susa - no - o . Izanagi set Amaterasu up as the ruler of the High Plains of Heaven , Tsuki - yomi as the ruler of the ...
... no - o and his sister Amaterasu . T AMATERASU FOLLOWING IZANAGI's return alone to the land of the living , a number ... Susa - no - o . Izanagi set Amaterasu up as the ruler of the High Plains of Heaven , Tsuki - yomi as the ruler of the ...
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... Susa- no - o and later owned by Jimmu , the first Japanese emperor . Shinto shrines are usu- ally marked with avenues of trees or rocks with a sacred gateway , or torii through which the gods enter into the shrine itself . T SUSA - NO ...
... Susa- no - o and later owned by Jimmu , the first Japanese emperor . Shinto shrines are usu- ally marked with avenues of trees or rocks with a sacred gateway , or torii through which the gods enter into the shrine itself . T SUSA - NO ...
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... no - o's advice and hunted down all his older brothers . Eventually , he killed all of them and became sole ruler of ... Susa - no - o's prediction , Okuninushi began to clear the regions near Izumo with the weapon called Yachihoko ...
... no - o's advice and hunted down all his older brothers . Eventually , he killed all of them and became sole ruler of ... Susa - no - o's prediction , Okuninushi began to clear the regions near Izumo with the weapon called Yachihoko ...
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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