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Osiris, the good king, had a jealous brother Set who, by a trick, contrived to have
him killed and his body floated out to sea to end up on the shore at the city of
Byblos in the Lebanon. The grieving widow, Isis, eventually located the body and
...
Osiris, the good king, had a jealous brother Set who, by a trick, contrived to have
him killed and his body floated out to sea to end up on the shore at the city of
Byblos in the Lebanon. The grieving widow, Isis, eventually located the body and
...
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When this universe first came into being it was but one of countless seeds
springing from the body of Vishnu, seeds which floated in the Ocean of Creation
like clusters of bubbles. Each seed became a golden egg into which Vishnu
entered as ...
When this universe first came into being it was but one of countless seeds
springing from the body of Vishnu, seeds which floated in the Ocean of Creation
like clusters of bubbles. Each seed became a golden egg into which Vishnu
entered as ...
Page 181
THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD FROM THE BODY OF PAN GU CHINA HAS A
RICH TRADITION of creation myth. There is the world picture of a primeval earth
covered by a sky cupola fastened together by cords, mountains or pillars. There
is ...
THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD FROM THE BODY OF PAN GU CHINA HAS A
RICH TRADITION of creation myth. There is the world picture of a primeval earth
covered by a sky cupola fastened together by cords, mountains or pillars. There
is ...
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Introduction | 5 |
India and Australia 229 | 141 |
Greece and Rome 51 Tibet and Africa | 161 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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