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Page 148
MATSYA, THE FISH ONCE A KING NAMED Satyavrata found a tiny fish in the
river and took it in a bowl to his palace. Next morning the fish had grown so he
transferred it into a pond, but it very quickly outgrew that too, so he put it into a
lake.
MATSYA, THE FISH ONCE A KING NAMED Satyavrata found a tiny fish in the
river and took it in a bowl to his palace. Next morning the fish had grown so he
transferred it into a pond, but it very quickly outgrew that too, so he put it into a
lake.
Page 257
On examining the gourd one day, Yaya and wife saw that the bones had
transformed into fish, which they ate. In a variation of this story, the quadruplet
sons of Itiba Cahubaba, 'Bloodied Aged Mother', who had died in childbirth,
arrived in ...
On examining the gourd one day, Yaya and wife saw that the bones had
transformed into fish, which they ate. In a variation of this story, the quadruplet
sons of Itiba Cahubaba, 'Bloodied Aged Mother', who had died in childbirth,
arrived in ...
Page 313
... Fields of Iahru 42 Fiji 215, 223 Finnbennach see White Bull Finn mac Cool 83-
5, 92 Fir Bolg 80 fire 36, 55, 58-9, 92, 114, 122, 124, 126, 144-6, 149, 153, 155,
168, 184-7, 192-3, 215, 219, 222, 258, 283-4, 286-7, 298 Firebird, the 1 1 15 fish
...
... Fields of Iahru 42 Fiji 215, 223 Finnbennach see White Bull Finn mac Cool 83-
5, 92 Fir Bolg 80 fire 36, 55, 58-9, 92, 114, 122, 124, 126, 144-6, 149, 153, 155,
168, 184-7, 192-3, 215, 219, 222, 258, 283-4, 286-7, 298 Firebird, the 1 1 15 fish
...
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Contents
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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