World MythologyPararagon Publishing, 2005 - 320 pages Covers the myths and traditions, as well as social and cultural influences behind civilizations all around the world. |
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... ANCESTOR VENERATION Ancestor worship - where people deify their ancestors , and trace descent to a common ancestor who watch over their progeny . ANIMAL MYTHS Hunter - gatherer tribes often saw close connections between man and animal ...
... ANCESTOR VENERATION Ancestor worship - where people deify their ancestors , and trace descent to a common ancestor who watch over their progeny . ANIMAL MYTHS Hunter - gatherer tribes often saw close connections between man and animal ...
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... ancestor . HEADS For some cultures heads contained the soul , and enemies were beheaded to take possession of their ... ancestors or to re - enact or retell significant events . MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES Certain cultures known to have been ...
... ancestor . HEADS For some cultures heads contained the soul , and enemies were beheaded to take possession of their ... ancestors or to re - enact or retell significant events . MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES Certain cultures known to have been ...
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... ancestors , inhabited trees , rocks or rivers ; this explained their changing appearance . NEOLITHIC Final part of ... ancestor god were called cults . RENAISSANCE Fourteenth to seventeenth century European intellectual and artistic ...
... ancestors , inhabited trees , rocks or rivers ; this explained their changing appearance . NEOLITHIC Final part of ... ancestor god were called cults . RENAISSANCE Fourteenth to seventeenth century European intellectual and artistic ...
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Aeneas Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arctic Asia Athens Australia Aztec Baal Babylonian Balder became believed bird body Buddha Buddhist called Caribbean carved Celtic Celts central century BCE Chinese civilisation cosmic created creation myths creator Cúchulainn Culhwch cult culture dead death deities demons depicted earth Enki Enlil father female fertility figure fire fish flood giant goddess gods Greek head heavens Herakles hero human hunting Hymir Idunn Inanna India island Izanagi Izanami jaguar king land living Loki Lugh magic Marduk Maui Medb Mesoamerica moon mountain mythic mythology Myths Retold nature Ngurunderi Odin Oisin origin Padmasambhava Quetzalcoatl religion religious ritual rivers Roman ruler sacred Sedna serpent shaman Shiva Slavs soul spirit stone stories Sumerian supernatural Supreme Susa-no-o symbol symbolised Taíno temple Tezcatlipoca theme Thor traditions trees Tuatha Dé Danann Ugaritic Underworld universe Viracocha Vishnu warrior woman worship Zeus