Nectar and Ambrosia: An Encyclopedia of Food in World MythologyBloomsbury Academic, 26. 10. 2000. - 285 страница A publishing first, Nectar and Ambrosia presents an encyclopedic treatment of the magic properties and uses of food by mortals and immortals alike, from the pages of myth and legend. |
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... Aztecs ground these seeds into flour and formed sacred images of their dei- ties from the dough . Scholars today recognize that amaranth contains more protein than other grains , but the Aztecs , and the Maya before them , ap- peared to ...
... Aztecs ground these seeds into flour and formed sacred images of their dei- ties from the dough . Scholars today recognize that amaranth contains more protein than other grains , but the Aztecs , and the Maya before them , ap- peared to ...
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... Aztecs , who used the ca- cao beans not only for food and drink but also as currency and as a symbol of wealth and self - indulgence . The Aztecs considered the chocolate liquid symbolic of the blood asso- ciated with the sacrifice and ...
... Aztecs , who used the ca- cao beans not only for food and drink but also as currency and as a symbol of wealth and self - indulgence . The Aztecs considered the chocolate liquid symbolic of the blood asso- ciated with the sacrifice and ...
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... Aztecs called the Totonacs used a method known as " sweating " to cure the beans- spreading the pods on blankets in the sun , covering them at night so that the pods stayed warm and moist , and reexposing them to the sun the next day ...
... Aztecs called the Totonacs used a method known as " sweating " to cure the beans- spreading the pods on blankets in the sun , covering them at night so that the pods stayed warm and moist , and reexposing them to the sun the next day ...
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