Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 84
... head of Brân the Blessed is cut off and brings good fortune to his companions . In the Irish story of Finn mac Cool's fool , Lomna , his head is removed and impaled on a stake , still able to speak . The head of the Ulster hero Conall ...
... head of Brân the Blessed is cut off and brings good fortune to his companions . In the Irish story of Finn mac Cool's fool , Lomna , his head is removed and impaled on a stake , still able to speak . The head of the Ulster hero Conall ...
Page 101
... head . The catch was that they would have to submit to the same treatment on the following New Year's Eve . Arthur's nephew Gawain accepted the challenge and removed the stranger's head with a single blow . Believing the game to be at ...
... head . The catch was that they would have to submit to the same treatment on the following New Year's Eve . Arthur's nephew Gawain accepted the challenge and removed the stranger's head with a single blow . Believing the game to be at ...
Page 139
THE SACRED LANDSCAPE T THE WALRUS AND THE HARPOON HEAD THERE WAS ONCE a man who made a beautiful harpoon head . The first time he went out hunting with it he spotted a walrus on an ice floe . He paddled his kayak very carefully until he ...
THE SACRED LANDSCAPE T THE WALRUS AND THE HARPOON HEAD THERE WAS ONCE a man who made a beautiful harpoon head . The first time he went out hunting with it he spotted a walrus on an ice floe . He paddled his kayak very carefully until he ...
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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