The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A - Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient WorldHermes House, 1999 - 512 pages "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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... Italian deities with those in the Greek pantheon , even adopting others for whom they possessed no real equiv- alent ... ITALY CUMAE MT VESUVIUS POMPEII TARENTUM HERACLEA TYRRHENIAN SEA IONIAN SEA SILENOS MESSINA ΜΕ ΕΝΑ Δ SICILY RHEGIUM ...
... Italian deities with those in the Greek pantheon , even adopting others for whom they possessed no real equiv- alent ... ITALY CUMAE MT VESUVIUS POMPEII TARENTUM HERACLEA TYRRHENIAN SEA IONIAN SEA SILENOS MESSINA ΜΕ ΕΝΑ Δ SICILY RHEGIUM ...
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... Italy . After sailing through the Aegean Sea , where the small fleet Aeneas commanded stopped at a number of islands , the fleet came to Epirus AENEAS gazes in wonder at the decorative temple in Carthage , while Dido , the queen ...
... Italy . After sailing through the Aegean Sea , where the small fleet Aeneas commanded stopped at a number of islands , the fleet came to Epirus AENEAS gazes in wonder at the decorative temple in Carthage , while Dido , the queen ...
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... Italy . Odysseus resisted her spells , with the aid of the messenger god HERMES , and made the enchantress restore to human shape his men who had been turned to swine . Afterwards , on Circe's advice , he sailed to the western edge of ...
... Italy . Odysseus resisted her spells , with the aid of the messenger god HERMES , and made the enchantress restore to human shape his men who had been turned to swine . Afterwards , on Circe's advice , he sailed to the western edge of ...
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According Aesir Ahura Mazda ALAN LEE Amaterasu ancient Angra Mainyu Arthur ASGARD avatar Balder battle beautiful became bodhisattva brother Buddha Buddhism CANVAS cauldron Celtic century BC chariot creatures Cuchulainn daughter dead death deity demon depicted divine dragon earth emperor eventually evil father fell fertility Finn MacCool fire Fomorii FREYJA frost giants Gautama gave Germanic mythology Gilgamesh goddess gods golden Grail Greek head heaven Hera Heracles hero Hindu human ILLUSTRATION BY ALAN ILLUSTRATION BY NICK immortality Indra Ireland Irish Irish mythology island Izanagi killed king known Krishna land lived Loki lover Lugh magic married monster mortal mother mountain myth name means NICK BEALE night Odin Odin's Odysseus Okuninushi otherworld queen Ragnarok returned river Roman ruler sacred sent serpent Shiva sometimes spirits story sword symbol Theseus Thor Tibet took tree Trojan Tuatha De Danann Ulster underworld Vanir Vishnu warrior wife worshipped Zeus