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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... connected the sesame plant with death . The cake's size and shape were equally symbolic of its ritual purpose : The ancient Greeks , like the Hindus , connected sesame with death , but they also connected it with fertility . So they ...
... connected the sesame plant with death . The cake's size and shape were equally symbolic of its ritual purpose : The ancient Greeks , like the Hindus , connected sesame with death , but they also connected it with fertility . So they ...
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... connected marigolds to love because they believed them to be potent aph- rodisiacs . People in many parts of the world consid- ered flowers aphrodisiacs - primroses , violets , and hawthorn , for instance - which they com- monly ate ...
... connected marigolds to love because they believed them to be potent aph- rodisiacs . People in many parts of the world consid- ered flowers aphrodisiacs - primroses , violets , and hawthorn , for instance - which they com- monly ate ...
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... connected with death and the under- world . The Romans believed demons danced around the trees and that evil spirits ... connection that 237.
... connected with death and the under- world . The Romans believed demons danced around the trees and that evil spirits ... connection that 237.
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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