Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 149
... followers are numerous in the Himalayas , but he is also found in cremation grounds , where he smears his body with ashes and sits in a trance of meditation . Among his followers are the ascetics who wander India smeared in ashes ...
... followers are numerous in the Himalayas , but he is also found in cremation grounds , where he smears his body with ashes and sits in a trance of meditation . Among his followers are the ascetics who wander India smeared in ashes ...
Page 150
... followers of Shiva and the followers of Daksha , from which originated the age - old antagonism between the wor- shippers of Vishnu and the worshippers of Shiva . Daksha organised another sacrifice and Shiva was not invited . But ...
... followers of Shiva and the followers of Daksha , from which originated the age - old antagonism between the wor- shippers of Vishnu and the worshippers of Shiva . Daksha organised another sacrifice and Shiva was not invited . But ...
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... followers . He was an impressive man with blue eyes and a beard , and he preached against war , drunkenness and the taking of more than one wife . Thunapa carried a wooden cross on his back to the city of Carapucu and left his followers ...
... followers . He was an impressive man with blue eyes and a beard , and he preached against war , drunkenness and the taking of more than one wife . Thunapa carried a wooden cross on his back to the city of Carapucu and left his followers ...
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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