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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Page 37
The text becomes very fragmentary but it appears that Keret loses all his children
but the youngest daughter . MOT THE WORD MOT MEANS ' Death ' and he
personifies death in all its aspects ; to ' be eaten by Mot ' is to die . In the Ugaritic ...
The text becomes very fragmentary but it appears that Keret loses all his children
but the youngest daughter . MOT THE WORD MOT MEANS ' Death ' and he
personifies death in all its aspects ; to ' be eaten by Mot ' is to die . In the Ugaritic ...
Page 64
Zeus , had 50 daughters – known as the Danaids – and his brother Aegyptus had
50 AT COLCHIS THERE HUNG a golden sons . Aegyptus wanted the ... The love
with her husband , king's daughter , Medea , fell in love with Lynceus . The 49 ...
Zeus , had 50 daughters – known as the Danaids – and his brother Aegyptus had
50 AT COLCHIS THERE HUNG a golden sons . Aegyptus wanted the ... The love
with her husband , king's daughter , Medea , fell in love with Lynceus . The 49 ...
Page 129
It was consid armed herself , donning helmet and The marriage was a difficult
one . ered lucky to have some gold on one's per mail - coat , and went to Asgard
to seek Skadi was the daughter of a mountain son at sea , so as not to arrive
empty ...
It was consid armed herself , donning helmet and The marriage was a difficult
one . ered lucky to have some gold on one's per mail - coat , and went to Asgard
to seek Skadi was the daughter of a mountain son at sea , so as not to arrive
empty ...
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