Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 161
... nature spirits , and fertility spirits such as the goddess Pattini are also popular . Origin myths associated with the birth of yaksas , nature spirits , and other superior beings are recited in ritual when these beings are invoked ...
... nature spirits , and fertility spirits such as the goddess Pattini are also popular . Origin myths associated with the birth of yaksas , nature spirits , and other superior beings are recited in ritual when these beings are invoked ...
Page 168
... NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , both feared and honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became sys- tematically categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit harmoniously into the Indian ...
... NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , both feared and honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became sys- tematically categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit harmoniously into the Indian ...
Page 208
... nature spirits . The belief in such spirits is very ancient , probably pre - dating the acceptance of Indian reli- gions . They may inhabit unusual trees , rocks and other natural phenome- na , and offerings are often made to them by ...
... nature spirits . The belief in such spirits is very ancient , probably pre - dating the acceptance of Indian reli- gions . They may inhabit unusual trees , rocks and other natural phenome- na , and offerings are often made to them by ...
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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