Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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... land of the living as a spirit or ghost , one journeys to the heavens and eventually finds its way Pon , the supreme being , while the third goes to the land of shadows , where it becomes a shadow itself . Sometimes , a person's soul ...
... land of the living as a spirit or ghost , one journeys to the heavens and eventually finds its way Pon , the supreme being , while the third goes to the land of shadows , where it becomes a shadow itself . Sometimes , a person's soul ...
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... Land in search of the exotic delicacy trepang ( sea - slug ) . Among the Yolngu of north - east Arnhem Land , Warramiri clan members of the Yirritja moiety ( marriage class ) once mediated relations between local Aboriginal and ...
... Land in search of the exotic delicacy trepang ( sea - slug ) . Among the Yolngu of north - east Arnhem Land , Warramiri clan members of the Yirritja moiety ( marriage class ) once mediated relations between local Aboriginal and ...
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... land . H BARK PAINTINGS IN 1959 , ON ELCHO ISLAND off the coast of north - east Arnhem Land , a collection of highly secret sacred objects and bark paintings was displayed publicly outside the church . It was a syncretically inspired ...
... land . H BARK PAINTINGS IN 1959 , ON ELCHO ISLAND off the coast of north - east Arnhem Land , a collection of highly secret sacred objects and bark paintings was displayed publicly outside the church . It was a syncretically inspired ...
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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