New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 6 doc
... composed of six ingredients: the miaul of a cat, the beard of a woman, the roots of a mountain, the tendons of a bear, the breath of a fish and the spittle of a bird. This chain was supple and soft ... of Ulster and Medb of Connacht and Rhiannon of the Welsh tradition. In Ulster there is evidence of a symbolic union of a new king with a mare representing the fert...
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... the risk of forgetting his doctrines and of losing the benefit of his discoveries. As inventor of hieroglyphs, he was named 'Lord of Holy Words.’ As first of the magicians he was often called ... this, of all Biblical narratives even when closely paralleled by myths from Persia, Babylonia, Egypt and Greece; and of all hagiological legends. Otherwise, the New Larou...
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... district of Byblos, or else merely the region of Nahr Ibrahim, five miles to the south of Jebeil, which became the centre of the cult of Adonis. It was a wooded region where grew various species of ... referred to in the section on Egyptian mythology. The resin of the conifers was the tears of Osiris; and, if the coffins of Egyptian priests were by preference made of r...
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 3 pot
... many occasions Hermes was of service to Apollo and, in particular, took charge at their birth of several of Apollo's children. The Good Offices of Hermes. In spite of his malicious pranks ... other temples: the temple of Athene Nike and the Erechtheum. The chief festivals of the cult of Athene were: the Arrephoria, in the course of which two little girls of noble...
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 4 pot
... mountains of Thrace. It was there that Iris came in search of him to fan the funeral pyre of Patroclus. It was said that Boreas carried off Oreithyia, daughter of Erechtheus, from the banks of the ... had offended only by an excess of good fortune he might hope to propitiate the goddess by sacrificing a part of his happiness. Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, was terrified of...
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 5 pdf
... and symbol of the Roman matron - a logical consequence of her own title of spouse of Jupiter, the supreme god. Her role of goddess of childbirth was not confined to the protection of the Roman ... mother of Dionysus; Ino. mother of Melicertes; Autonoe, mother of Actaeon; Agave, mother of Pentheus; and Polydorus, father of Labdacus who was the ancestor of the Labda...
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 7 potx
... simplicity of the religion of Indra, that of the Brahmans, the religion of Agni, allowed of endless developments and variations. The Religion of Agni Agni is a personification of fire, which ... forces of nature, beasts, men and eods. MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT PERSIA RELIGION OF THE ZEND-AVESTA THE HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS SETTING The Iranians are an offshoot of tha...
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 8 ppt
... use of this fragment of shining energy by using it to forge the disk of Vishnu, the trident of Siva, the lance of Karttikeya the god of war, and the weapons of Kuvera the god and guardian of ... non-Aryan origin of his deity. The legend of his marriage with the daughter of Daksha is further confirmation of this hypothesis. Daksha, one of the Prajapatis or lords...
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 9 pdf
... the official date of the introduction of Buddhism into Japan, since in that year the Korean kingdom of Paikche sent the Emperor of Japan a gilded bronze statue of Buddha and some volumes of ... Man of the Tide, Shio-Zuchi. When Izanagi washed off the impurities of Hell in the waters of the sea, he made several gods—the god of the sea bottom, god of the middle waters...
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 10 potx
... know about the mythology of the Chibchas is to be found in the basic theme of the civilising hero Bochica. In this mythology there is also mention of Nencatacoa, the god of weavers; of Chaquen, ... god of boundaries; of Bachue, goddess of water, protectress of vegetation and harvest; of Cuchavira, master of the air and the rainbow who healed the sick and protected...
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