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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... created food myths , and performed food rituals because they rec- ognized how vital a role food played in the cycle of life . Food was the very symbol of life , created by divine intervention ; it came forth from nature , so people ...
... created food myths , and performed food rituals because they rec- ognized how vital a role food played in the cycle of life . Food was the very symbol of life , created by divine intervention ; it came forth from nature , so people ...
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... creating god- desses were born . The veneration of honey and of the bees that created it permeated ancient cultures in which honey was not only eaten but also made into an intoxicating drink - mead - that was consumed at public ...
... creating god- desses were born . The veneration of honey and of the bees that created it permeated ancient cultures in which honey was not only eaten but also made into an intoxicating drink - mead - that was consumed at public ...
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... created a paradise for the prince , midway between heaven and earth , and he created the sugarcane , along with many other magnificent plants , as a gift for the prince . Indra , in anger , ordered all the plants destroyed , but he ...
... created a paradise for the prince , midway between heaven and earth , and he created the sugarcane , along with many other magnificent plants , as a gift for the prince . Indra , in anger , ordered all the plants destroyed , but he ...
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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