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... temple possessed and worked most of the irrigated land , with the result that the king was rather like a steward managing the god's estates . The temple , placed on a high brick - built platform , served as the house in which the deity ...
... temple possessed and worked most of the irrigated land , with the result that the king was rather like a steward managing the god's estates . The temple , placed on a high brick - built platform , served as the house in which the deity ...
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... temple at Abydos , Isis became pregnant and in due course gave birth to their son Horus . However , the evil usurper of the throne of Osiris , Set , while out hunt- ing one day , discovered the body in the marshes . Both goddesses were ...
... temple at Abydos , Isis became pregnant and in due course gave birth to their son Horus . However , the evil usurper of the throne of Osiris , Set , while out hunt- ing one day , discovered the body in the marshes . Both goddesses were ...
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H THE GREAT TEMPLE THE MEXICA expressed their imperial destiny by building the Great Temple of Tenochtitlán , in what is today Mexico City . All Mesoamerican temples were god - houses , teocalli , and embodied the cosmic essence of the ...
H THE GREAT TEMPLE THE MEXICA expressed their imperial destiny by building the Great Temple of Tenochtitlán , in what is today Mexico City . All Mesoamerican temples were god - houses , teocalli , and embodied the cosmic essence of 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