Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 78
... cycle and to persuade it to return from its seasonal death . Not surprisingly , therefore , veneration of fire was a particular feature of the cold , northern parts of Europe with their long , dark winters . In Celtic mythology ...
... cycle and to persuade it to return from its seasonal death . Not surprisingly , therefore , veneration of fire was a particular feature of the cold , northern parts of Europe with their long , dark winters . In Celtic mythology ...
Page 79
... cycle of tales connected with a par- ticular hero , or group of heroes , which would keep the storyteller going indefinitely . THE MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE AMONG THE IRISH TEXTS is a collec- tion of prose stories which includes the Book of ...
... cycle of tales connected with a par- ticular hero , or group of heroes , which would keep the storyteller going indefinitely . THE MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE AMONG THE IRISH TEXTS is a collec- tion of prose stories which includes the Book of ...
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... Cycle , for example , and Cymidei Cymeinfoll in THE FENIAN CYCLE THE EARLIEST MANUSCRIPT fragments of the Irish Fenian Cycle date from the eighth century CE , although the tales are thought to derive stylistically from the third century ...
... Cycle , for example , and Cymidei Cymeinfoll in THE FENIAN CYCLE THE EARLIEST MANUSCRIPT fragments of the Irish Fenian Cycle date from the eighth century CE , although the tales are thought to derive stylistically from the third century ...
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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