Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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... GIANTS GIANTS OCCUR in Celtic mythology in several forms . Heroes such as the Irish Finn mac Cool or the Welsh Brân are so great that they are pictured as giants . Some giants are instrumental in the deeds of heroes , such as Wrnach ...
... GIANTS GIANTS OCCUR in Celtic mythology in several forms . Heroes such as the Irish Finn mac Cool or the Welsh Brân are so great that they are pictured as giants . Some giants are instrumental in the deeds of heroes , such as Wrnach ...
Page 118
... giants , giants were not invariably the enemy . Occasionally they presented a helpful aspect , and furthermore many gods had affairs with giantesses or even married them . ( For example : Freyr married Gerd , a giant's daughter ; Njord ...
... giants , giants were not invariably the enemy . Occasionally they presented a helpful aspect , and furthermore many gods had affairs with giantesses or even married them . ( For example : Freyr married Gerd , a giant's daughter ; Njord ...
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... giants ) , he lived among the Aesir , joining in their escapades and often helping them out . However , while he was the gods ' friend and companion , and blood brother of Odin , Loki was also their adversary and at Ragnarok - the end ...
... giants ) , he lived among the Aesir , joining in their escapades and often helping them out . However , while he was the gods ' friend and companion , and blood brother of Odin , Loki was also their adversary and at Ragnarok - the end ...
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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