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He then sent to India for another princess , and wives for all his SRI LANKAN
GODS ANCIENT GODS SUCH AS PATTINI , goddess of fertility , and Sumana ,
once a solar deity , still hold a place in Sri Lankan mythology everywhere . Nature
...
He then sent to India for another princess , and wives for all his SRI LANKAN
GODS ANCIENT GODS SUCH AS PATTINI , goddess of fertility , and Sumana ,
once a solar deity , still hold a place in Sri Lankan mythology everywhere . Nature
...
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Most surviving Japanese mythology concerns the divine ancestors of these early
rulers as recorded in the Nihon - shoki and the Kojiki , written during the eighth
century CE . It may be assumed that this mythology was primarily linked to the ...
Most surviving Japanese mythology concerns the divine ancestors of these early
rulers as recorded in the Nihon - shoki and the Kojiki , written during the eighth
century CE . It may be assumed that this mythology was primarily linked to the ...
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She is widely published in the field and her works include the Dictionary of Near
Eastern Mythology ( Routledge ) . Professor James Riordan : Central and Eastern
Europe ; North America James Riordan was born in Portsmouth , England .
She is widely published in the field and her works include the Dictionary of Near
Eastern Mythology ( Routledge ) . Professor James Riordan : Central and Eastern
Europe ; North America James Riordan was born in Portsmouth , England .
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