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... marriage instead . Keret does exactly as bidden . Having raised a formidable army that includes even the newly married men , he sets off . On the way he stops at a shrine of the goddess Astart . He promises to give her threefold the ...
... marriage instead . Keret does exactly as bidden . Having raised a formidable army that includes even the newly married men , he sets off . On the way he stops at a shrine of the goddess Astart . He promises to give her threefold the ...
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... married Midhir , a god of the Otherworld , who lived in the barrow of Bri Leith . Midhir's first wife , Fuamnach , was jealous and she used magic to turn Etain into a pool of water , then into a worm , and then into an exquisite butter ...
... married Midhir , a god of the Otherworld , who lived in the barrow of Bri Leith . Midhir's first wife , Fuamnach , was jealous and she used magic to turn Etain into a pool of water , then into a worm , and then into an exquisite butter ...
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... married them . ( For example : Freyr married Gerd , a giant's daughter ; Njord married Skadi , also a giantess . ) Odin himself was descended from a giant and had several affairs with giantesses . Nevertheless , more often than not ...
... married them . ( For example : Freyr married Gerd , a giant's daughter ; Njord married Skadi , also a giantess . ) Odin himself was descended from a giant and had several affairs with giantesses . Nevertheless , more often than not ...
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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