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... mythic episodes of. INTRODUCTION FUNDAMENTALS : RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS , CULTS , INFLUENCES CRUCIAL TO THE IDENTITY and cen- tral control of the state was the Shang con- cept of a priestly king . The king's functions were to make divination ...
... mythic episodes of. INTRODUCTION FUNDAMENTALS : RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS , CULTS , INFLUENCES CRUCIAL TO THE IDENTITY and cen- tral control of the state was the Shang con- cept of a priestly king . The king's functions were to make divination ...
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... mythic substitution ' . T TOBAGO Port of CARIBBEAN MYTHOLOGY THE MYTHOLOGIES of indigenous Caribbean peoples were similar in many ways to those of their better - known neigh- bours in Mesoamerica and South America . In particular , they ...
... mythic substitution ' . T TOBAGO Port of CARIBBEAN MYTHOLOGY THE MYTHOLOGIES of indigenous Caribbean peoples were similar in many ways to those of their better - known neigh- bours in Mesoamerica and South America . In particular , they ...
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... MYTHIC WORLDS OF THE AMAZON LOWLAND AMERINDIAN peoples are often described as technologically inferior to the great Pre - Columbian civilisations of the Andes . Yet their societies , rituals and religious beliefs reveal a spirituality ...
... MYTHIC WORLDS OF THE AMAZON LOWLAND AMERINDIAN peoples are often described as technologically inferior to the great Pre - Columbian civilisations of the Andes . Yet their societies , rituals and religious beliefs reveal a spirituality ...
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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