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The dual nature of the planet Venus was conceptualised as a bisexual deity , and
this accounts for Inanna ' s association with warfare , aggression and lust for
power , as well as childbirth and erotic attraction . The myths about Inanna either
...
The dual nature of the planet Venus was conceptualised as a bisexual deity , and
this accounts for Inanna ' s association with warfare , aggression and lust for
power , as well as childbirth and erotic attraction . The myths about Inanna either
...
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MYTHS ABOUT THE SUPREME BEING FOR THE PEOPLES of the Arctic ,
everything in the world , animate or inanimate , has a life force and shares the
same spiritual nature . Some groups , such as the Chukchi , believe in a Supreme
Being ...
MYTHS ABOUT THE SUPREME BEING FOR THE PEOPLES of the Arctic ,
everything in the world , animate or inanimate , has a life force and shares the
same spiritual nature . Some groups , such as the Chukchi , believe in a Supreme
Being ...
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FORCES OF NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , variously feared and
honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became systematically
categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit ...
FORCES OF NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , variously feared and
honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became systematically
categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit ...
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