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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... ability to make the fields fertile . Some ancient rituals connected the two concepts . The Roman horse sacrifice to the war god Mars was an annual event , performed on 15 October , following a chariot race . One of the horses that ...
... ability to make the fields fertile . Some ancient rituals connected the two concepts . The Roman horse sacrifice to the war god Mars was an annual event , performed on 15 October , following a chariot race . One of the horses that ...
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... ability to cast evil spells , they heard to stupefy their victims , to put them into deep sleeps , and to drive them insane . The nightshades that had these abilities were inebriating plants such as henbane , mandrake , and belladonna ...
... ability to cast evil spells , they heard to stupefy their victims , to put them into deep sleeps , and to drive them insane . The nightshades that had these abilities were inebriating plants such as henbane , mandrake , and belladonna ...
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... ability to alter the state of consciousness , perhaps to a dan- gerous , destructive degree , and the ability to exhilarate , to heighten the spirit , and to open the way to enlightenment . In the cult of Dionysus , all who consumed the ...
... ability to alter the state of consciousness , perhaps to a dan- gerous , destructive degree , and the ability to exhilarate , to heighten the spirit , and to open the way to enlightenment . In the cult of Dionysus , all who consumed the ...
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