Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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Page 32
... woman blames the serpent and God curses it among all animals , to creep on its belly for ever more and to become the eternal enemy of the woman and all her descendants . He tells the woman that she will have trouble in her pregnancy and ...
... woman blames the serpent and God curses it among all animals , to creep on its belly for ever more and to become the eternal enemy of the woman and all her descendants . He tells the woman that she will have trouble in her pregnancy and ...
Page 181
... WOMAN GUA THE PAN GU creation myth relates one of three versions of the myth of the cre- ation of humankind . A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided into the cosmic powers Yin and Yang . They produced ...
... WOMAN GUA THE PAN GU creation myth relates one of three versions of the myth of the cre- ation of humankind . A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided into the cosmic powers Yin and Yang . They produced ...
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... Woman Chou was exposed on a mountain - top dressed in green , the emblem of water and vegetal regeneration . As the sun beat down mercilessly on her she tried to screen her face with her green sleeve ( or sometimes her hand ) , but she ...
... Woman Chou was exposed on a mountain - top dressed in green , the emblem of water and vegetal regeneration . As the sun beat down mercilessly on her she tried to screen her face with her green sleeve ( or sometimes her hand ) , but she ...
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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