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Aetiology Today the study of natural phenomena, but primitive people employed
naturally occurring events in initiations, religious practices and rituals. Afterlife
Believed to be where the spirit goes after bodily death, also known as paradise,
the ...
Aetiology Today the study of natural phenomena, but primitive people employed
naturally occurring events in initiations, religious practices and rituals. Afterlife
Believed to be where the spirit goes after bodily death, also known as paradise,
the ...
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Fertility Deities Most primitive cultures were phallocentric, concerned with
reproductive powers and believed certain deities governed fertility. Fetishes
Belief in the supernatural powers of an inanimate object - the fetish - which has
religious or ...
Fertility Deities Most primitive cultures were phallocentric, concerned with
reproductive powers and believed certain deities governed fertility. Fetishes
Belief in the supernatural powers of an inanimate object - the fetish - which has
religious or ...
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Pilgrimages Journey to worship at a sacred place or shrine particularly, but not
only, associated with the major organised religions. Prehistoric Period that covers
from the beginning of life on earth, 3.5 billion years ago, to approximately 3500 ...
Pilgrimages Journey to worship at a sacred place or shrine particularly, but not
only, associated with the major organised religions. Prehistoric Period that covers
from the beginning of life on earth, 3.5 billion years ago, to approximately 3500 ...
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Contents
Introduction | 6 |
PIS Ancient Near East | 12 |
flflfc Oceania | 216 |
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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 cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting Hymir important Inanna Indian Inuit island Izanami journey killed king Krishna land lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting rain religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taino temple Tezcatlipoca themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | Encyclopedia of world mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Publisher | Barnes & Noble Books, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0760728550, 9780760728550 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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