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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... eggs , and were not purple like the common eggplants today , but white or yellow , somewhat like swans ' eggs . Because eggplants were nightshades and because people believed the purple bulbous kind resembled mandrakes more closely than ...
... eggs , and were not purple like the common eggplants today , but white or yellow , somewhat like swans ' eggs . Because eggplants were nightshades and because people believed the purple bulbous kind resembled mandrakes more closely than ...
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... EGGS Because eggs embody the essence of life , people from ancient times to the modern day have surrounded them with magical beliefs , endowing them with the power not only to create life but to prophesy the future . Eggs symbolize ...
... EGGS Because eggs embody the essence of life , people from ancient times to the modern day have surrounded them with magical beliefs , endowing them with the power not only to create life but to prophesy the future . Eggs symbolize ...
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... eggs condemns a woman to barrenness . Though people frequently forbade the eat- ing of eggs , eggs were often used for divining purposes . Their widespread use in divination likely stemmed from the belief that they sym- bolized life ...
... eggs condemns a woman to barrenness . Though people frequently forbade the eat- ing of eggs , eggs were often used for divining purposes . Their widespread use in divination likely stemmed from the belief that they sym- bolized life ...
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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