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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During the third millennium 15c: the local deity was imagined to be the actual
owner of each Sumeria.n city, and his or her temple possessed and worked most
of the irrigated land, with the result that the king was rather △ Aboriginal female ...
During the third millennium 15c: the local deity was imagined to be the actual
owner of each Sumeria.n city, and his or her temple possessed and worked most
of the irrigated land, with the result that the king was rather △ Aboriginal female ...
Page 8
The temple, placed on a high brick-built platform, served as the house in which
the deity was fed and clothed, and received worshippers. In the city Eridu the
temple was actually called Apsu, after the freshwater ocean that was believed to
lie ...
The temple, placed on a high brick-built platform, served as the house in which
the deity was fed and clothed, and received worshippers. In the city Eridu the
temple was actually called Apsu, after the freshwater ocean that was believed to
lie ...
Page 45
AT ESNA THE TEMPLE was dedicated to the ram-headed god Khnum. He, it was
believed, fashioned man on his potters wheel, but in duplicate because everyone
had a ka, or double. This was the spirit that remained near the dead man's ...
AT ESNA THE TEMPLE was dedicated to the ram-headed god Khnum. He, it was
believed, fashioned man on his potters wheel, but in duplicate because everyone
had a ka, or double. This was the spirit that remained near the dead man's ...
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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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