Gods, goddesses, and mythology, Volume 1Marshall Cavendish, 2005 - 140 pages Contains approximately 250 alphabetized entries on deities, concepts, practices, places, and objects related to the mythologies of cultures throughout history, including the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Celts, Aztecs, Native Americans, Scandinavians, Africans, Chinese, and many others, and features color photos and sidebars. |
Table des matières
Pronunciation Guide | 1444 |
Glossary | 1466 |
Further Reading | 1478 |
Internet Resources | 1487 |
| 1494 | |
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Achilles Actaeon Aeschylus Agamemnon American ancient ancient Greece Aphrodite Apollo associated Athena battle beautiful became believed birth body Books brother civilizations classical contains created culture Cupid Daedalus daughter dead death deity depicted describe divine earth Egypt Egyptian emperor equivalent Euripides famous father fertility festival figure fire four giant goddess gods Golden Greek mythology head Helen Hera Heracles Hermód hero History Homer human husband identified illustrator Iphigeneia John killed king known later Legends lived Loki London magic married Mars moon mother Myth of Sisyphus Myths Native Norse nymph Odin Odysseus originally Oxford University Press painting Paris Persian Peter Poseidon priest Prometheus Psyche Publications Publishing Religion religious represented rituals River Roman Rome sacred sister sometimes spirit statue story symbol Tiresias Titans Traditions trans tree Trojan Troy underworld usually Venus warrior wife women World worshiped York Zeus