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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... birth to him . The identification of the almond as father or as mother reflected the fact that almond blos- soms herald the spring and thus the birth of vegetation . Because the almond tree blossoms suddenly , the Hebrews considered it ...
... birth to him . The identification of the almond as father or as mother reflected the fact that almond blos- soms herald the spring and thus the birth of vegetation . Because the almond tree blossoms suddenly , the Hebrews considered it ...
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... birth to a gourd , and Wakea , her partner , formed the world from it . The cover became the sky ; the pulp , the sun ; the seeds , the stars ; the white lining , the moon ; the ripe white meat , the clouds ; and the juice , the rain ...
... birth to a gourd , and Wakea , her partner , formed the world from it . The cover became the sky ; the pulp , the sun ; the seeds , the stars ; the white lining , the moon ; the ripe white meat , the clouds ; and the juice , the rain ...
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... birth to this sacred food plant in the wa- ter . In Oceania , women are the primary cultivators of yams , and perhaps for this rea- son women gave birth to them in myth . However , other myths emphasize the yam's connection with the ...
... birth to this sacred food plant in the wa- ter . In Oceania , women are the primary cultivators of yams , and perhaps for this rea- son women gave birth to them in myth . However , other myths emphasize the yam's connection with the ...
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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