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THE BIRTH OF ROMAN MYTHOLOGY ALL THESE DIFFERENT mythologies , once assimilated , became Roman myths . For example , at the end of the second century BC ...
THE BIRTH OF ROMAN MYTHOLOGY ALL THESE DIFFERENT mythologies , once assimilated , became Roman myths . For example , at the end of the second century BC ...
Page 106
the old cults continued : either they were adopted by the Church as its own rites , or they became magic . Thus , Perun ( god of thunder and lightning ) ...
the old cults continued : either they were adopted by the Church as its own rites , or they became magic . Thus , Perun ( god of thunder and lightning ) ...
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His breath became wind and clouds , his voice thunder , his eyes and moon , and his limbs mountains . His bodily fluids turned into rain and rivers ...
His breath became wind and clouds , his voice thunder , his eyes and moon , and his limbs mountains . His bodily fluids turned into rain and rivers ...
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| Title | World Mythology |
| Editor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Parragon Incorporated, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1405447672, 9781405447676 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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