Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 200
... ancestors of Cheju Island , where the ancestors have rituals addressed to them both as clan ancestors and as the ancestors of the island's society . With the growth of twentieth - century Korean nationalism , foundation myths have ...
... ancestors of Cheju Island , where the ancestors have rituals addressed to them both as clan ancestors and as the ancestors of the island's society . With the growth of twentieth - century Korean nationalism , foundation myths have ...
Page 204
... ancestors of the three clans came up out of the ground together ; the ancestors estab- lished a hunting / gathering society ; the three ancestors discovered a floating box with three princesses in it ; the three ances- tors married the ...
... ancestors of the three clans came up out of the ground together ; the ancestors estab- lished a hunting / gathering society ; the three ancestors discovered a floating box with three princesses in it ; the three ances- tors married the ...
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... ANCESTORS ANOTHER ASPECT of this inscriptive mythic activity is that the bodies of the ancestral cre- and thus causing the acute pains which suddenly came upon her . The child when born will belong to the totem of this ancestor . The ...
... ANCESTORS ANOTHER ASPECT of this inscriptive mythic activity is that the bodies of the ancestral cre- and thus causing the acute pains which suddenly came upon her . The child when born will belong to the totem of this ancestor . The ...
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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