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Page 16
Having accomplished these tasks the brothers come to Enlil and present him with
gifts that symbolise their achievements. Enmesh brings wild and domestic
animals and plants, Enten offers precious metals and stones, trees and fish. They
start ...
Having accomplished these tasks the brothers come to Enlil and present him with
gifts that symbolise their achievements. Enmesh brings wild and domestic
animals and plants, Enten offers precious metals and stones, trees and fish. They
start ...
Page 148
They are: Matsya the fish; Kurma the tortoise; Varaha the boar, who rescued
planet earth from the bottom of the universe; Narasimha the man-lion, who
protected the boy Prahlad; Vamana the dwarf, who defeated the demon Bali;
Parasurama ...
They are: Matsya the fish; Kurma the tortoise; Varaha the boar, who rescued
planet earth from the bottom of the universe; Narasimha the man-lion, who
protected the boy Prahlad; Vamana the dwarf, who defeated the demon Bali;
Parasurama ...
Page 260
One of the brothers retrieved the gourd and they all gorged themselves on the
fish it contained. Upon hearing Yaya returning they hastily replaced the gourd,
but it broke, spilling water full of fish which covered the earth and became the
ocean.
One of the brothers retrieved the gourd and they all gorged themselves on the
fish it contained. Upon hearing Yaya returning they hastily replaced the gourd,
but it broke, spilling water full of fish which covered the earth and became the
ocean.
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Contents
Introduction | 6 |
PIS Ancient Near East | 12 |
flflfc Oceania | 216 |
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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 |
| Subjects | Mythology |
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