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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... continue to take the time to master this dangerous business , know- ing that people in many Asian lands pay ex- ceptionally high prices for their products . Despite the relatively low nutritive value of the nests , people continue to ...
... continue to take the time to master this dangerous business , know- ing that people in many Asian lands pay ex- ceptionally high prices for their products . Despite the relatively low nutritive value of the nests , people continue to ...
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... continue to make moon cakes ; they make them out of rice and eat them at the Harvest Moon festival called Yue Ping , which they hold every 15 August . According to legend , Heng O ascended to the moon after swallowing a pill of ...
... continue to make moon cakes ; they make them out of rice and eat them at the Harvest Moon festival called Yue Ping , which they hold every 15 August . According to legend , Heng O ascended to the moon after swallowing a pill of ...
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... continue to venerate the lotus . The lotus remains a strong religious symbol among Hin- dus and Buddhists ; to these groups it symbol- izes the vulva , divine birth , spiritual power and life , purity , beauty , and perfection ...
... continue to venerate the lotus . The lotus remains a strong religious symbol among Hin- dus and Buddhists ; to these groups it symbol- izes the vulva , divine birth , spiritual power and life , purity , beauty , and perfection ...
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