Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 96
... shows one character- istic of Marie's view of love : that is , an almost inevitable association between joy and suffering . T LANVAL LANVAL WAS ENVIED for his bravery and good looks , and he was not popu- lar . One day he was feeling ...
... shows one character- istic of Marie's view of love : that is , an almost inevitable association between joy and suffering . T LANVAL LANVAL WAS ENVIED for his bravery and good looks , and he was not popu- lar . One day he was feeling ...
Page 185
... shows the watery underworld where her mortal soul will rest in peace and die . Above this is a funeral scene and over this are motifs of the sky in the form of a round jade disc , the aerial messenger birds with human heads and the ...
... shows the watery underworld where her mortal soul will rest in peace and die . Above this is a funeral scene and over this are motifs of the sky in the form of a round jade disc , the aerial messenger birds with human heads and the ...
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... shows the internal organs of the bodies of these beings , but these are at the same time features of the landscape . Here we are confronted with an artistic reversal . Rather than ancestral beings leaving parts of their bodies on the ...
... shows the internal organs of the bodies of these beings , but these are at the same time features of the landscape . Here we are confronted with an artistic reversal . Rather than ancestral beings leaving parts of their bodies on the ...
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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