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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... sometimes hideous , but sometimes bewitchingly fair , sometimes half - human and sometimes entirely demonic . Monsters generally symbolize the dark and unresolved forces in life and in human nature . Greek mythology is full of composite ...
... sometimes hideous , but sometimes bewitchingly fair , sometimes half - human and sometimes entirely demonic . Monsters generally symbolize the dark and unresolved forces in life and in human nature . Greek mythology is full of composite ...
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... sometimes female . Usually associ- ated with the evening star , Ruda was sometimes known as Arsu . and arrow . Rustem's bravery sym- bolized the battles between the Persians and the Turanians , Indians and Semites . ( See also HEROES ...
... sometimes female . Usually associ- ated with the evening star , Ruda was sometimes known as Arsu . and arrow . Rustem's bravery sym- bolized the battles between the Persians and the Turanians , Indians and Semites . ( See also HEROES ...
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... sometimes said to have been raised by the stars of the Pleiades , or Kirttikah . He is sometimes also regarded as a god of fertility . In the great Hindu epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana , Karttikeya is described as the son of ...
... sometimes said to have been raised by the stars of the Pleiades , or Kirttikah . He is sometimes also regarded as a god of fertility . In the great Hindu epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana , Karttikeya is described as the son of ...
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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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