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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... demon after all , and in Hindu myth , the demons continually waged war against the gods . Jalandhara stole the ocean jewels from Indra , and among them the magic elixir of life , which made the gods immortal . In re- venge , Vishnu ...
... demon after all , and in Hindu myth , the demons continually waged war against the gods . Jalandhara stole the ocean jewels from Indra , and among them the magic elixir of life , which made the gods immortal . In re- venge , Vishnu ...
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... demons . In Zoroastrian myth , for instance , Ahura Mazda , the god of light , smelled wonderful , but the evil Ahriman , his opponent , smelled putrid and rotten . It has long been believed that gods , like people , en- joy pleasant ...
... demons . In Zoroastrian myth , for instance , Ahura Mazda , the god of light , smelled wonderful , but the evil Ahriman , his opponent , smelled putrid and rotten . It has long been believed that gods , like people , en- joy pleasant ...
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... demon from their bod- ies . This likely led to the use of garlic for me- dicinal purposes . Surely if garlic had the power to drive out demons , it had the power to cure diseases . After all , in ancient thought , demons brought disease ...
... demon from their bod- ies . This likely led to the use of garlic for me- dicinal purposes . Surely if garlic had the power to drive out demons , it had the power to cure diseases . After all , in ancient thought , demons brought disease ...
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