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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... cultivated soil . An entire religion devel- oped around Demeter , called the Eleusinian Mysteries , and the barley that rose from the land served as the focus of this agricultural cult . Initiates to the Eleusinian Mysteries were ...
... cultivated soil . An entire religion devel- oped around Demeter , called the Eleusinian Mysteries , and the barley that rose from the land served as the focus of this agricultural cult . Initiates to the Eleusinian Mysteries were ...
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... cultivated pumpkins or gourds . Many people used them for food ; they ate the seeds as ce- real and they ate the young plants as fruits , sometimes seasoning them with herbs and preserving them . Whereas pumpkins were more commonly ...
... cultivated pumpkins or gourds . Many people used them for food ; they ate the seeds as ce- real and they ate the young plants as fruits , sometimes seasoning them with herbs and preserving them . Whereas pumpkins were more commonly ...
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... cultivate crops . In fact , they may have been one of the first groups to practice agriculture . Sorghum was one of the first cultivated crops in this region . Sorghum produces a lot of grain , so it proved to be a good crop for people ...
... cultivate crops . In fact , they may have been one of the first groups to practice agriculture . Sorghum was one of the first cultivated crops in this region . Sorghum produces a lot of grain , so it proved to be a good crop for people ...
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