World MythologyDempsey Parr, 1999 - 320 pages Features on the gods and themes of every myth with over 200 illustrations. |
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... Creator Being , lived under the earth in the form of a great python . Ungud is associated with both the earth and the water . The sky being Wallanganda is associated with the Milky Way . Wallanganda is suppoed to have made everything ...
... Creator Being , lived under the earth in the form of a great python . Ungud is associated with both the earth and the water . The sky being Wallanganda is associated with the Milky Way . Wallanganda is suppoed to have made everything ...
Page 244
... creator god . N SOME RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS , this creator was a divine trickster , both a benevolent and creative god , and an unpredictable and frequently destructive trickster . He was a god who had within him both life and death . As ...
... creator god . N SOME RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS , this creator was a divine trickster , both a benevolent and creative god , and an unpredictable and frequently destructive trickster . He was a god who had within him both life and death . As ...
Page 247
... CREATOR GOD , when cast in the role of divine trickster , suggests the order - chaos duality of the creator , this character mirroring the duality of the universe . Kaggen ( San / Botswana , Namibia , S. Africa ) , a mantis , is a ...
... CREATOR GOD , when cast in the role of divine trickster , suggests the order - chaos duality of the creator , this character mirroring the duality of the universe . Kaggen ( San / Botswana , Namibia , S. Africa ) , a mantis , is a ...
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ancestors ancient animals appear Asgard Asia associated Australia Baal became become believed bird birth body Buddhist called caused central century changed Chinese civilisation concern created creation creator cult culture dead death deities demons depicted descended destruction divine early earth eventually father female fertility figure fire fish flood followed forces gave giant gives goddess gods Greek head heavens hero human important India island Italy killed king known land language later living magic major means mother mountain mythic mythology Myths Retold nature offered once origin Palekh Persian plants region relate religion religious remains represented ritual rivers Roman ruled sacred shaman Shiva social society soul South spirit statue stone stories Sumerian symbol theme throughout told traditions transformed travelled trees turned Underworld universe Vishnu woman