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BIRTH FROM THE SOIL OF THE MANY DIFFERENT accounts of the birth of
humanity perhaps the most important is the idea of birth from the earth itself ,
autochthony . Zeus , enraged with mankind , sent a flood to destroy them .
Prometheus ...
BIRTH FROM THE SOIL OF THE MANY DIFFERENT accounts of the birth of
humanity perhaps the most important is the idea of birth from the earth itself ,
autochthony . Zeus , enraged with mankind , sent a flood to destroy them .
Prometheus ...
Page 66
A God of love , Eros , is punished in front The Greek pantheon was absorbed of
Aphrodite . into the Roman one , primarily via the Etruscans , an important
civilisation on the Italian peninsula between 900 and 500 BCE . Thus , for
example , the ...
A God of love , Eros , is punished in front The Greek pantheon was absorbed of
Aphrodite . into the Roman one , primarily via the Etruscans , an important
civilisation on the Italian peninsula between 900 and 500 BCE . Thus , for
example , the ...
Page 238
Throughout Australia , much important sacred lore and ceremonial knowledge is
in the hands of men . Women were traditionally forbidden to hear or view
anything pertaining to men ' s knowledge , often on pain of death . In western
Arnhem ...
Throughout Australia , much important sacred lore and ceremonial knowledge is
in the hands of men . Women were traditionally forbidden to hear or view
anything pertaining to men ' s knowledge , often on pain of death . In western
Arnhem ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World Mythology A Dempsey Parr micropedia |
| Contributor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 1999 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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