World MythologyDempsey Parr, 1999 - 320 pages Features on the gods and themes of every myth with over 200 illustrations. |
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Page 85
... father and their élite band of warriors , the Fianna . They were joined by a beautiful , fairy - like woman on a white horse . Her name was Naim of the Golden Hair and she had come , she said , to take Oisin home with her to Tir na nOg ...
... father and their élite band of warriors , the Fianna . They were joined by a beautiful , fairy - like woman on a white horse . Her name was Naim of the Golden Hair and she had come , she said , to take Oisin home with her to Tir na nOg ...
Page 133
... father married her to a dog and they went to live on a nearby island . Sedna was lonely in her exile and longed to ... father in the meantime had been searching for his daughter . Eventually he succeeded in finding her , hidden behind ...
... father married her to a dog and they went to live on a nearby island . Sedna was lonely in her exile and longed to ... father in the meantime had been searching for his daughter . Eventually he succeeded in finding her , hidden behind ...
Page 219
... father , accidentally saw his father through a hole in the coconut he was drinking and determined to visit him . He ascended to the heavens on the smoke from a burning pile of coconut shells . After various adventures in which he was ...
... father , accidentally saw his father through a hole in the coconut he was drinking and determined to visit him . He ascended to the heavens on the smoke from a burning pile of coconut shells . After various adventures in which he was ...
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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