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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... fertility and renewal . It purifies , poisons , incites passion , and grants fertility . It elevates the mind , facilitating com- munication with the gods . Sometimes , it be- stows immortality . People of the past created food myths ...
... fertility and renewal . It purifies , poisons , incites passion , and grants fertility . It elevates the mind , facilitating com- munication with the gods . Sometimes , it be- stows immortality . People of the past created food myths ...
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... fertility to the soil . Some marriage and fertility rites even today involve the use of eggs in some manner . In Iran , brides and grooms exchange eggs . In seventeenth - century France , a bride broke an egg when she first entered her ...
... fertility to the soil . Some marriage and fertility rites even today involve the use of eggs in some manner . In Iran , brides and grooms exchange eggs . In seventeenth - century France , a bride broke an egg when she first entered her ...
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... fertility still lingers in some areas of the world today . In Morocco , people use either pome- granates or figs to promote crop fertility . Be- lieving they can assure a plentiful harvest by doing so , they squeeze the juice on the ...
... fertility still lingers in some areas of the world today . In Morocco , people use either pome- granates or figs to promote crop fertility . Be- lieving they can assure a plentiful harvest by doing so , they squeeze the juice on the ...
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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