The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A - Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient World"The myths and legends of the ancient worlds, from Greece, Rome and Egypt to the Norse and Celtic lands, through Persia and India to China and the Far East. A comprehensive A to Z of the classic stories of gods and goddesses, heroes and mythical beasts, wizards and warriors"--Page 1 of cover. |
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Page 123
... FOMORII , his bitter enemies , during a truce at the time of the New Year festival . There they made for him a porridge of milk , flour , fat , pigs and goats , enough for fifty men . On pain of death Dagda was ordered by the Fomorii to ...
... FOMORII , his bitter enemies , during a truce at the time of the New Year festival . There they made for him a porridge of milk , flour , fat , pigs and goats , enough for fifty men . On pain of death Dagda was ordered by the Fomorii to ...
Page 129
... Fomorii were defeated at the second battle of Magh Tuireadh and driven from Ireland . ELATHA ( above ) , a Fomorii king , lived beneath the waves with his violent and misshapen people . Unlike the other Fomorii , Elatha was a godlike ...
... Fomorii were defeated at the second battle of Magh Tuireadh and driven from Ireland . ELATHA ( above ) , a Fomorii king , lived beneath the waves with his violent and misshapen people . Unlike the other Fomorii , Elatha was a godlike ...
Page 133
... FOMORII , a misshapen race of sea gods , oppressed Ireland with cruelty and crushing tributes . This imaginative and powerful scene portrays the Fomorii as repellent and alien creatures , who are driven by a sick and menacing frenzy ...
... FOMORII , a misshapen race of sea gods , oppressed Ireland with cruelty and crushing tributes . This imaginative and powerful scene portrays the Fomorii as repellent and alien creatures , who are driven by a sick and menacing frenzy ...
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The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A-Z Guide to the Myths and ... Arthur Cotterell No preview available - 2005 |
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