Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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73 The teachings of Buddha had a strong influence and focused. GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF THE HOME 72 . HELPING SPIRITS THE SHAMAN depends on spirit helpers to assist in journeying to the spir- it world . Often , the helping spirit is an animal ...
73 The teachings of Buddha had a strong influence and focused. GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF THE HOME 72 . HELPING SPIRITS THE SHAMAN depends on spirit helpers to assist in journeying to the spir- it world . Often , the helping spirit is an animal ...
Page 161
... 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 . This is ...
... 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 . This is ...
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... spirits , whom they are forced to marry . In New Guinea the bird of paradise is thought to have received its feathers from the spirits of heaven , or indeed to have escaped from heaven , for it is so beautiful and rarely touches the ...
... spirits , whom they are forced to marry . In New Guinea the bird of paradise is thought to have received its feathers from the spirits of heaven , or indeed to have escaped from heaven , for it is so beautiful and rarely touches 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