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... moon . To this day , the sun is still chased by the moon . Occasionally they embrace , causing an eclipse . The sun loses height in the middle of winter but gains in strength and beauty throughout the spring and summer , which only ...
... moon . To this day , the sun is still chased by the moon . Occasionally they embrace , causing an eclipse . The sun loses height in the middle of winter but gains in strength and beauty throughout the spring and summer , which only ...
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... MOON AND DUGONG A MAN FROM THE YIRRITJA moiety named Moon , lived with his sister named Dugong . Once they were out digging for edible bulbs of the lily and lotus plants . While doing so , the sister was bitten by leeches . To relieve ...
... MOON AND DUGONG A MAN FROM THE YIRRITJA moiety named Moon , lived with his sister named Dugong . Once they were out digging for edible bulbs of the lily and lotus plants . While doing so , the sister was bitten by leeches . To relieve ...
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MYTH AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD T NIGHT , DAY AND THE MOON'S BLOOD FOR THE BARASANA , Sun and Moon were brothers . One day , Moon ann- ounced that he was going to be the day and dry up the wombs of women . Sun , the younger brother ...
MYTH AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD T NIGHT , DAY AND THE MOON'S BLOOD FOR THE BARASANA , Sun and Moon were brothers . One day , Moon ann- ounced that he was going to be the day and dry up the wombs of women . Sun , the younger brother ...
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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