Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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... ritual . The deceased is sometimes transported to the land of the gods and ancestors in a fantastic coffin or boat , or there may be a second funeral at which the remains are disinterred and cremated . V SACRIFICIAL RITUALS THE RITUALS ...
... ritual . The deceased is sometimes transported to the land of the gods and ancestors in a fantastic coffin or boat , or there may be a second funeral at which the remains are disinterred and cremated . V SACRIFICIAL RITUALS THE RITUALS ...
Page 239
... ritual life , older boys will have the secret of the bull - roarer revealed to them . ANCESTORS ANOTHER ASPECT of this inscriptive mythic activity is that the bodies of the ancestral cre- and thus causing the acute pains which suddenly ...
... ritual life , older boys will have the secret of the bull - roarer revealed to them . ANCESTORS ANOTHER ASPECT of this inscriptive mythic activity is that the bodies of the ancestral cre- and thus causing the acute pains which suddenly ...
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... ritual is a major factor in the social impact of ritual itself . Common motifs in central Australia include the concentric circle , which can stand for a camp , waterhole , person , tree or ceremonial ground , con- nected by a series of ...
... ritual is a major factor in the social impact of ritual itself . Common motifs in central Australia include the concentric circle , which can stand for a camp , waterhole , person , tree or ceremonial ground , con- nected by a series of ...
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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