Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 120
... serpent , Nidhogg , lay in Niflheim , gnawing at Yggdrasill's roots . Ratatosk , a squirrel , ran up and down the tree carrying insults between Nidhogg and the eagle . Four stags also lived in the branches : Dain , Dvalin , Duneyr and ...
... serpent , Nidhogg , lay in Niflheim , gnawing at Yggdrasill's roots . Ratatosk , a squirrel , ran up and down the tree carrying insults between Nidhogg and the eagle . Four stags also lived in the branches : Dain , Dvalin , Duneyr and ...
Page 123
... SERPENT THOR'S PARTICULAR ADVERSARY was the monstrous Jormangand , the World Serpent , who lay coiled around the world at the bottom of the sea . On one occasion , Thor assumed the appearance of a young boy and lodged for a night with a ...
... SERPENT THOR'S PARTICULAR ADVERSARY was the monstrous Jormangand , the World Serpent , who lay coiled around the world at the bottom of the sea . On one occasion , Thor assumed the appearance of a young boy and lodged for a night with a ...
Page 208
... serpent is also creat- ed by the hornbill , but the bird later destroys the serpent in its battle with the female hornbill . The canoe , in the shape of a serpent , but with a prow in the shape of a bird , also emerges from the Tree of ...
... serpent is also creat- ed by the hornbill , but the bird later destroys the serpent in its battle with the female hornbill . The canoe , in the shape of a serpent , but with a prow in the shape of a bird , also emerges from the Tree 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