World MythologyForm the siege of Troy to the twilight of the Norse gods at Ragnarok and the mysteries of the animal-headed gods of Egypt, the myths of the world have exercised an enduring fascination for their power and insight-volume comprehensive reference book covering mythologies, customs, belief and rituals worldwide. |
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Page 139
Inuit believed that after death the personal soul travelled to either the Underworld
, a place with an abundance of game animals and where the souls of dead kin
and friends would be reunited, or to an upper world of eternal starvation and cold.
Inuit believed that after death the personal soul travelled to either the Underworld
, a place with an abundance of game animals and where the souls of dead kin
and friends would be reunited, or to an upper world of eternal starvation and cold.
Page 154
Death is the inevitable consequence of life, and holds no fear in Indian myth, for
in this world of duality neither life nor death have meaning without each other.
Death is the precursor of life, which all must come to terms with, as described in
the ...
Death is the inevitable consequence of life, and holds no fear in Indian myth, for
in this world of duality neither life nor death have meaning without each other.
Death is the precursor of life, which all must come to terms with, as described in
the ...
Page 285
In the Mesoamerican worldview, the spiritual boundaries between life and death
were indistinct, and humans, animals, ... Births, deaths, marriages, war and
sacrifice were not unique to the physical world, but re-enactments of momentous
...
In the Mesoamerican worldview, the spiritual boundaries between life and death
were indistinct, and humans, animals, ... Births, deaths, marriages, war and
sacrifice were not unique to the physical world, but re-enactments of momentous
...
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Contents
India and Australia 229 | 6 |
75 China 177 The Caribbean | 76 |
South America | 279 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World Mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Editor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Parragon Incorporated, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1405447672, 9781405447676 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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