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CULT OF FIRE AND EPHEDRA THE CULT OF FIRE and the use of the intoxicating Haoma plant go back to the earliest phase of Aryan nomad religion . Atar ( Adhur ) was categorised into five types by the Sasanian clergy : Atash Bahram , the fire ...
CULT OF FIRE AND EPHEDRA THE CULT OF FIRE and the use of the intoxicating Haoma plant go back to the earliest phase of Aryan nomad religion . Atar ( Adhur ) was categorised into five types by the Sasanian clergy : Atash Bahram , the fire ...
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... fire ceremonies also play an important part in the welfare and sacrifice of reindeer . Reindeer have their origins in fire : in Koryak and Chukchi myth the supreme being pulled the first reindeer out of a sacred fire . In Koryak ...
... fire ceremonies also play an important part in the welfare and sacrifice of reindeer . Reindeer have their origins in fire : in Koryak and Chukchi myth the supreme being pulled the first reindeer out of a sacred fire . In Koryak ...
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... fire is a metaphor for civilised life , yet it was taken from the jaguar who now lives as humans once did . Reversals , transformations and balance are key features of Amazonian myth . In Amazonia , fire symbolises cre- ation and ...
... fire is a metaphor for civilised life , yet it was taken from the jaguar who now lives as humans once did . Reversals , transformations and balance are key features of Amazonian myth . In Amazonia , fire symbolises cre- ation and ...
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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