Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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... women , but let them live separately on their island of Bouru . Both the men and the women had a sin- gle tree each in their different sectors . The men's tree was tarakaimaiu and the women's tree was tarakaimate . Like Nakaa , their ...
... women , but let them live separately on their island of Bouru . Both the men and the women had a sin- gle tree each in their different sectors . The men's tree was tarakaimaiu and the women's tree was tarakaimate . Like Nakaa , their ...
Page 263
... women , and on many previous occasions they had searched everywhere for evidence of women but had been unable to find any . On this day , however , they looked up to see curious creatures falling from the branches of nearby trees ...
... women , and on many previous occasions they had searched everywhere for evidence of women but had been unable to find any . On this day , however , they looked up to see curious creatures falling from the branches of nearby trees ...
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THE CARIBBEAN SEASONS , CYCLES AND WOMEN THE MYTH of the ' Flight of the Güeyo Women ' is an account of the symbolic and physical associations between seasonal fertility and that of women . In typically shamanic fashion , Guahayona must ...
THE CARIBBEAN SEASONS , CYCLES AND WOMEN THE MYTH of the ' Flight of the Güeyo Women ' is an account of the symbolic and physical associations between seasonal fertility and that of women . In typically shamanic fashion , Guahayona must ...
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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