Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 43
... EVIL ZOROASTRIANISM , like the monothe- istic religions , is not rich in mythical nar- ratives . It has basically just one myth , the fight of good against evil , re - enacted con- stantly on every level until the end of the world ; evil ...
... EVIL ZOROASTRIANISM , like the monothe- istic religions , is not rich in mythical nar- ratives . It has basically just one myth , the fight of good against evil , re - enacted con- stantly on every level until the end of the world ; evil ...
Page 49
... evil usurper of the throne of Osiris , Set , while out hunt- ing one day , discovered the body in the marshes . Both goddesses were absent so he tore the body into 14 pieces and had them scattered far and wide throughout Egypt . Once ...
... evil usurper of the throne of Osiris , Set , while out hunt- ing one day , discovered the body in the marshes . Both goddesses were absent so he tore the body into 14 pieces and had them scattered far and wide throughout Egypt . Once ...
Page 318
... evil see good and evil fables 157 failure 253 families 89 family life 116-17 farmsteads 112 fate 120 feasting 81 feather cults 231 feather headdresses 278 , 303 grain goddess 17 Great Dionysia 54 female see male and female ; women Great ...
... evil see good and evil fables 157 failure 253 families 89 family life 116-17 farmsteads 112 fate 120 feasting 81 feather cults 231 feather headdresses 278 , 303 grain goddess 17 Great Dionysia 54 female see male and female ; women Great ...
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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