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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Page 444
... IZANAGI AND IZANAMI were the primal couple in the Japanese creation myth . The gods arose in a remote heaven far above the floating world , and generations of gods and goddesses were born before these two were instructed to complete and ...
... IZANAGI AND IZANAMI were the primal couple in the Japanese creation myth . The gods arose in a remote heaven far above the floating world , and generations of gods and goddesses were born before these two were instructed to complete and ...
Page 450
... Izanagi created several more deities . Kagutsuchi was greatly feared by the Japanese . KAMI was the word used in ancient Japan to refer to anything mysterious or sacred . Its range of application covered everything from objects of folk ...
... Izanagi created several more deities . Kagutsuchi was greatly feared by the Japanese . KAMI was the word used in ancient Japan to refer to anything mysterious or sacred . Its range of application covered everything from objects of folk ...
Page 480
... Izanagi's right eye , the sun goddess AMATERASU from his left eye and the storm god SUSANO - WO from his nose . Izanagi divided his kingdom between his three offspring , allo- cating to Tsukiyomi the realms of the night . According to ...
... Izanagi's right eye , the sun goddess AMATERASU from his left eye and the storm god SUSANO - WO from his nose . Izanagi divided his kingdom between his three offspring , allo- cating to Tsukiyomi the realms of the night . According to ...
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