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. |
Из књиге
Резултати 1-3 од 47
Страница 4
... Hindus today , particularly Brahmins and Vaishnavas ( devotees of Vishnu ) . Many Hin- dus , following the sacred text of the Vedas , es- chew alcohol as a polluting substance that violates ritual purity . Modern Hindus label alcohol a ...
... Hindus today , particularly Brahmins and Vaishnavas ( devotees of Vishnu ) . Many Hin- dus , following the sacred text of the Vedas , es- chew alcohol as a polluting substance that violates ritual purity . Modern Hindus label alcohol a ...
Страница 31
... Hindus who venerate cows liken them to mothers , since they provide life - giving nourishment in the form or milk and butter . But even long be- fore Krishna's deification , Hindus worshiped cow goddesses and considered their milk a ...
... Hindus who venerate cows liken them to mothers , since they provide life - giving nourishment in the form or milk and butter . But even long be- fore Krishna's deification , Hindus worshiped cow goddesses and considered their milk a ...
Страница 44
... Hindus today use buffalo milk to make ghee , or clarified butter , but never eat its flesh . They consider water buffalo unclean and associate it with death and demonic forces . Hindus believe that the consumption of animal flesh ...
... Hindus today use buffalo milk to make ghee , or clarified butter , but never eat its flesh . They consider water buffalo unclean and associate it with death and demonic forces . Hindus believe that the consumption of animal flesh ...
Друга издања - Прикажи све
Чести термини и фразе
Africa Ainu amaranth ambrosia America ancient animals aphrodisiac apples Ayahuasca Aztecs banana barley beans beer believed berries betel nuts beverage blood bread breadfruit buffalo cakes ceremonies chicha Chinese citron coca cola nuts connected considered consumed corn crop cultivated cultures dead death deities Demeter demons Dionysus divine dogs drink early earth eggs Egyptians Elderberries evil feast fertility fish flesh flowers fruit garlic gave ginseng goat goddess gods gourds grain grapes Greek myth grew harvest heaven herbs Hindus honey human immortality India Japanese kava killed land legend lived lotus magic maize mandrake Maya mead meat milk millet moon mother mushrooms mythmakers Native Americans offered Osiris peach Persephone pigs pine plant pomegranate Pulque quinoa radish Ratsch rice rituals sacred sacrifice seeds sesame Simoons soma soul spices spirits sugarcane symbol thornapple Toussaint-Samat 1992 tree Tulasi turmeric underworld Vishnu wine woman worship yams