World MythologyDempsey Parr, 1999 - 320 pages Features on the gods and themes of every myth with over 200 illustrations. |
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... creation , Nefertum . ESNA ( THE CREATION ) AT ESNA THE TEMPLE was dedicated to the ram - headed god Khnum . He , it was believed , fashioned man on his potter's wheel , but in duplicate because everyone had a ka , or double . This was ...
... creation , Nefertum . ESNA ( THE CREATION ) AT ESNA THE TEMPLE was dedicated to the ram - headed god Khnum . He , it was believed , fashioned man on his potter's wheel , but in duplicate because everyone had a ka , or double . This was ...
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... creation which was an actual event in ancestral times but is still ongoing and still exerting creative power in the human present . Access to the significance of ancestral creation is often gained through the power of dreams , which is ...
... creation which was an actual event in ancestral times but is still ongoing and still exerting creative power in the human present . Access to the significance of ancestral creation is often gained through the power of dreams , which is ...
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... creation and destruction of successive worlds that is such a feature of Mesomerican creation myths . In Aztec belief , there were five creations or ' Suns ' - each identified by the cataclysm which engulfed it . The first creation ...
... creation and destruction of successive worlds that is such a feature of Mesomerican creation myths . In Aztec belief , there were five creations or ' Suns ' - each identified by the cataclysm which engulfed it . The first creation ...
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Aeneas Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arctic Asia Athens Australia Aztec Baal Babylonian Balder became believed bird body Buddha Buddhist called Caribbean carved Celtic Celts central century BCE Chinese civilisation cosmic created creation myths creator Cúchulainn Culhwch cult culture dead death deities demons depicted earth Enki Enlil father female fertility figure fire fish flood giant goddess gods Greek head heavens Herakles hero human hunting Hymir Idunn Inanna India island Izanami jaguar king land living Loki Lugh magic Marduk Maui Medb Mesoamerica moon mountain mythic mythology Myths Retold nature Ngurunderi Odin Oisin origin Padmasambhava Quetzalcoatl religion religious ritual rivers Roman ruler sacred Sedna serpent shaman Shiva Slavs soul spirit stone stories Sumerian supernatural Supreme Susa-no-o symbol symbolised Taíno temple Tezcatlipoca theme Thor traditions trees Tuatha Dé Danann Ugaritic Underworld universe Viracocha Vishnu warrior woman worship Zeus