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THE CULT OF FIRE goes back to the earliest phase of Aryan nomad religion. The
five daily offerings to the fire, accompanied by the short prayer Atash Niyayesh,
remain typical of Zoroastrian worship. Atar (later known as Adhur) was ...
THE CULT OF FIRE goes back to the earliest phase of Aryan nomad religion. The
five daily offerings to the fire, accompanied by the short prayer Atash Niyayesh,
remain typical of Zoroastrian worship. Atar (later known as Adhur) was ...
Page 168
Muttering a spell and throwing some mustard seed, Padmasambhava then
caused fire to blaze up all around them. At that time Pe-dkar, the leader of the
tgyal po demons, could not bear to see a human with miraculous powers to rival
his own ...
Muttering a spell and throwing some mustard seed, Padmasambhava then
caused fire to blaze up all around them. At that time Pe-dkar, the leader of the
tgyal po demons, could not bear to see a human with miraculous powers to rival
his own ...
Page 219
THE ORIGIN OF MAKING FIRE THE TRICKSTER GOD was always responsible
for stealing fire and bringing it to earth. Olitat, the son of a woman of the Carolines
and the sky father, accidentally saw his father through a hole in the coconut he ...
THE ORIGIN OF MAKING FIRE THE TRICKSTER GOD was always responsible
for stealing fire and bringing it to earth. Olitat, the son of a woman of the Carolines
and the sky father, accidentally saw his father through a hole in the coconut he ...
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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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