World MythologyDempsey Parr, 1999 - 320 pages Features on the gods and themes of every myth with over 200 illustrations. |
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... religious practices and rituals . AFTERLIFE Believed to be where the spirit went after bodily death ; also known as paradise , Underworld , Hades , Heaven , Elysian fields , Netherworld . ALLEGORY Storytelling device where one thing is ...
... religious practices and rituals . AFTERLIFE Believed to be where the spirit went after bodily death ; also known as paradise , Underworld , Hades , Heaven , Elysian fields , Netherworld . ALLEGORY Storytelling device where one thing is ...
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... RELIGIOUS CULTS Many ancient cultures worshipped numerous gods , but those following one of these or an ancestor god were called cults . RENAISSANCE Fourteenth to seventeenth century European intellectual and artistic movement , ending ...
... RELIGIOUS CULTS Many ancient cultures worshipped numerous gods , but those following one of these or an ancestor god were called cults . RENAISSANCE Fourteenth to seventeenth century European intellectual and artistic movement , ending ...
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... religion combining oneness with the mysterious forces of nature and devotion to royal descendants of the sun goddess . SHRINE Religious places of worship marked by statues , rocks , buildings , crosses or gifts to be offered to or ...
... religion combining oneness with the mysterious forces of nature and devotion to royal descendants of the sun goddess . SHRINE Religious places of worship marked by statues , rocks , buildings , crosses or gifts to be offered to or ...
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Aeneas Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arctic Asia Athens Australia Aztec Baal Babylonian Balder became believed bird body Buddha Buddhist called Caribbean carved Celtic Celts central century BCE Chinese civilisation cosmic created creation myths creator Cúchulainn Culhwch cult culture dead death deities demons depicted earth Enki Enlil father female fertility figure fire fish flood giant goddess gods Greek head heavens Herakles hero human hunting Hymir Idunn Inanna India island Izanami jaguar king land living Loki Lugh magic Marduk Maui Medb Mesoamerica moon mountain mythic mythology Myths Retold nature Ngurunderi Odin Oisin origin Padmasambhava Quetzalcoatl religion religious ritual rivers Roman ruler sacred Sedna serpent shaman Shiva Slavs soul spirit stone stories Sumerian supernatural Supreme Susa-no-o symbol symbolised Taíno temple Tezcatlipoca theme Thor traditions trees Tuatha Dé Danann Ugaritic Underworld universe Viracocha Vishnu warrior woman worship Zeus