Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 89
... stories , num- bering 12 in all . The earliest surviving manuscripts of the Mabinogion are the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest which date from the fourteenth century . The stories must be much older than this ...
... stories , num- bering 12 in all . The earliest surviving manuscripts of the Mabinogion are the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest which date from the fourteenth century . The stories must be much older than this ...
Page 158
... STORIES recount the many previous births of the Buddha in human and animal lives . In all there are 547 stories , originally told by the Buddha to his disciples . They were written down in the Pali language around 400 BCE and absorbed ...
... STORIES recount the many previous births of the Buddha in human and animal lives . In all there are 547 stories , originally told by the Buddha to his disciples . They were written down in the Pali language around 400 BCE and absorbed ...
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... story ? ' ' What are stories ? ' asked the boy . ' Stories are what happened in the long - ago time . My stories are like the stars that never fade . ' When the stone had finished one story , it began another . All the while the boy sat ...
... story ? ' ' What are stories ? ' asked the boy . ' Stories are what happened in the long - ago time . My stories are like the stars that never fade . ' When the stone had finished one story , it began another . All the while the boy sat ...
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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