Larousse World Mythology

according Aesir ancestors ancient animals Apollo appear Athena Baal became beliefs Benzai-ten birth bodhisattva body Brahma British Museum brother Buddha Buddhist called celestial century B.C. created creation creatures cult culture-hero cycle daughter dead death deities demons depicted Dionysus divine Dynasty earth Enlil existence eyes fact father fire Freyja gave Germanic giants goddess gods Greek hand head heaven Hephaestus Hera Heracles hero horse Horus human Hurrite Indians Indra island Izanagi killed king known Kumarbis land later legend living Loki magic master monster moon mother mountain myth mythical mythology nature Odin Odysseus Okuninushi origin pantheon Poseidon priests race religion religious represented rites ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent Shingon Siva Slav sometimes soul spirits stone story Sumerian supreme Susanowo symbol temple texts Theseus thought tion took tradition tree tribes underworld Vanir Vishnu warriors wife worshipped Zeus