Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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T ATRA - HASIS ( OLD BABYLONIAN FLOOD MYTH ) The Babylonian flood myth has Sumerian antecedents which are only known from fragmentary texts that concern the flood- hero , called Ziusudra , who escapes the great deluge sent by the gods ...
T ATRA - HASIS ( OLD BABYLONIAN FLOOD MYTH ) The Babylonian flood myth has Sumerian antecedents which are only known from fragmentary texts that concern the flood- hero , called Ziusudra , who escapes the great deluge sent by the gods ...
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T THE WORLD CATASTROPHE OF THE FLOOD THE FLOOD MYTH is told in four main versions . The myth of the worker god Gong Gong relates how he stirred the world's waters so they crashed against the sky barrier , threatening a return to chaos ...
T THE WORLD CATASTROPHE OF THE FLOOD THE FLOOD MYTH is told in four main versions . The myth of the worker god Gong Gong relates how he stirred the world's waters so they crashed against the sky barrier , threatening a return to chaos ...
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... flood account , serious scholars shied away , per- haps failing to recognise the universality of the myth and the fact that , in shamanic cycles , every flood is subsumed into one flood just as famines , wars and even heroes are recast ...
... flood account , serious scholars shied away , per- haps failing to recognise the universality of the myth and the fact that , in shamanic cycles , every flood is subsumed into one flood just as famines , wars and even heroes are recast ...
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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