Encyclopedia of World MythologyThe myriad rituals used by medicine men, shamans and elders to call upon the spirits, the customary beliefs in the powers of the gods, and the social and cultural influences behind these beliefs are all explained within this volume. |
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On the tenth day she met Helios, the sun god, who told her that Hades had
abducted her daughter but that he had done so ... She arrived at a place ca lied
Eleusis, where the daughters of the king, Celeus, persuaded their father to take
the old ...
On the tenth day she met Helios, the sun god, who told her that Hades had
abducted her daughter but that he had done so ... She arrived at a place ca lied
Eleusis, where the daughters of the king, Celeus, persuaded their father to take
the old ...
Page 64
One of these tells how Danaus, a descendent of Zeus, had 50 daughters - known
as the Danaids - and his brother Aegyptus ... Clytemnestra hated her husband
Agamemnon after he sacrificed their eldest daughter, Iphigeneia, at the goddess
...
One of these tells how Danaus, a descendent of Zeus, had 50 daughters - known
as the Danaids - and his brother Aegyptus ... Clytemnestra hated her husband
Agamemnon after he sacrificed their eldest daughter, Iphigeneia, at the goddess
...
Page 203
The mythic narrative as recorded in the Samguk yusa is composed of four scenes
which describe how: a king discovered the daughter of a river spirit who had
been raped; the river spirit's daughter gave birth to a giant egg out of which the
hero ...
The mythic narrative as recorded in the Samguk yusa is composed of four scenes
which describe how: a king discovered the daughter of a river spirit who had
been raped; the river spirit's daughter gave birth to a giant egg out of which the
hero ...
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Introduction | 6 |
PIS Ancient Near East | 12 |
flflfc Oceania | 216 |
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