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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... earth ; they saw the earth goddess provide , and they rejoiced . People rejoiced , feasted , 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 ...
... earth ; they saw the earth goddess provide , and they rejoiced . People rejoiced , feasted , 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 ...
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... earth goddess , and for this reason commanded the reverence of all who consumed it . One of the most convincing indications that the ancients worshiped grain was that they immortalized the earth goddess in the heav- ens . The zodiacal ...
... earth goddess , and for this reason commanded the reverence of all who consumed it . One of the most convincing indications that the ancients worshiped grain was that they immortalized the earth goddess in the heav- ens . The zodiacal ...
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... earth and turmeric appears also to explain the use of the plant in marriage rituals . Hindus use tur- meric powder in their worship of the earth goddess Gauri , who also presides over mar- riages , especially in rites associated with ...
... earth and turmeric appears also to explain the use of the plant in marriage rituals . Hindus use tur- meric powder in their worship of the earth goddess Gauri , who also presides over mar- riages , especially in rites associated with ...
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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