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... earth , togeth- er 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 an ark , a box - like craft of ...
... earth , togeth- er 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 an ark , a box - like craft of ...
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... earth and there walk among humans . And humans could move to the heavens , and visit and live among the gods . The creator god moved on the face of the earth , bring- ing new life into being , reshaping and detailing the place he had ...
... earth and there walk among humans . And humans could move to the heavens , and visit and live among the gods . The creator god moved on the face of the earth , bring- ing new life into being , reshaping and detailing the place he had ...
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... earth , by means of serpents , spiders , chameleons , heavenly bodies , the rainbow , lightning , an egg and man himself . Animals also emerged , and trees and plants . People , sometimes sus- pended between heaven and earth , had ...
... earth , by means of serpents , spiders , chameleons , heavenly bodies , the rainbow , lightning , an egg and man himself . Animals also emerged , and trees and plants . People , sometimes sus- pended between heaven and earth , had ...
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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