Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 88
... hunting stag . Animals played a very important part in the life of the Celts and this is reflected in their ... Hunting was a sporting and also a prestige activity , and there was a spiritual bond between the hunter and the hunted ...
... hunting stag . Animals played a very important part in the life of the Celts and this is reflected in their ... Hunting was a sporting and also a prestige activity , and there was a spiritual bond between the hunter and the hunted ...
Page 204
... hunting - eating animals for meat and wearing their skins for clothes . One day as they were out hunting they saw a large wooden box wrapped in a purple cloth washed up on the shore . Opening it , they saw that it con- tained a stone ...
... hunting - eating animals for meat and wearing their skins for clothes . One day as they were out hunting they saw a large wooden box wrapped in a purple cloth washed up on the shore . Opening it , they saw that it con- tained a stone ...
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... hunt had little interest for hunting tribes ; some , indeed , had no names for creatures that were not hunted . The most common actors in the tales are the bear , fox , wolf , wolverine and , of course , the raven . The ritual robes and ...
... hunt had little interest for hunting tribes ; some , indeed , had no names for creatures that were not hunted . The most common actors in the tales are the bear , fox , wolf , wolverine and , of course , the raven . The ritual robes and ...
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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