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He decides to annihilate them from the face of the earth, together with all the
animals. Only Noah finds grace in his eyes because he is without fault. God
speaks to Noah, warning him that he is going to destroy all flesh. He instructs him
to built ...
He decides to annihilate them from the face of the earth, together with all the
animals. Only Noah finds grace in his eyes because he is without fault. God
speaks to Noah, warning him that he is going to destroy all flesh. He instructs him
to built ...
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HEAVEN AND EARTH - CONNECTION INITIALLY, THERE WERE connections
between God and the mortals he created, between the place where God resided
and the earthly home of humans. There was commerce between the heavens ...
HEAVEN AND EARTH - CONNECTION INITIALLY, THERE WERE connections
between God and the mortals he created, between the place where God resided
and the earthly home of humans. There was commerce between the heavens ...
Page 254
THERE ARE MANY IDEAS, varied stories about the initial shape of the universe
and about the primal activities of creator gods - a cosmic egg, a mat hurled
through the void, an earth perilously perched on a bull's horns, two worlds
encased in ...
THERE ARE MANY IDEAS, varied stories about the initial shape of the universe
and about the primal activities of creator gods - a cosmic egg, a mat hurled
through the void, an earth perilously perched on a bull's horns, two worlds
encased in ...
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Contents
Introduction | 6 |
PIS Ancient Near East | 12 |
flflfc Oceania | 216 |
Copyright | |
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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 cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting Hymir important Inanna Indian Inuit island Izanami journey killed king Krishna land lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting rain religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taino temple Tezcatlipoca themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | Encyclopedia of world mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Publisher | Barnes & Noble Books, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0760728550, 9780760728550 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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