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... daughter , Iphigeneia , at the goddess Artemis ' command , to enable the Greeks to sail to Troy to fight the Trojan War . When Agamemnon returned from Troy , he brought with him a new lover , Apollo's priestess , Cassandra . Further ...
... daughter , Iphigeneia , at the goddess Artemis ' command , to enable the Greeks to sail to Troy to fight the Trojan War . When Agamemnon returned from Troy , he brought with him a new lover , Apollo's priestess , Cassandra . Further ...
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... daughter Kusanada - hime ( Rice - Field Princess ) . They were being terrorised by an eight- headed and eight - tailed monster which had eaten all their other daughters . Susa - no - o agreed to kill this monster if he could marry the ...
... daughter Kusanada - hime ( Rice - Field Princess ) . They were being terrorised by an eight- headed and eight - tailed monster which had eaten all their other daughters . Susa - no - o agreed to kill this monster if he could marry the ...
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... 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 emerged ; the hero fled because of the jealousy of his half - brothers ; and the hero established his kingdom ...
... 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 emerged ; the hero fled because of the jealousy of his half - brothers ; and the hero established his kingdom ...
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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