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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... FLOWERS Edible flowers of all sorts have made their appearances in myths and legends . In the past , people consumed many types of flowers- candied , or in salads , teas , and wines and they often used them as people use herbs and ...
... FLOWERS Edible flowers of all sorts have made their appearances in myths and legends . In the past , people consumed many types of flowers- candied , or in salads , teas , and wines and they often used them as people use herbs and ...
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... flower in sake , another life prolonger , and ate them at the chrysanthemum festival . Other people considered certain types of flowers par- ticularly effective for warding off evil - like the lavender , a flower of the mythological ...
... flower in sake , another life prolonger , and ate them at the chrysanthemum festival . Other people considered certain types of flowers par- ticularly effective for warding off evil - like the lavender , a flower of the mythological ...
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... flowers and wore them around their necks in amulets as medicinal charms . They used vanilla as a perfume , a medicine , a men- tal stimulant , an insect repellant , and an aph- rodisiac . It is remarkable that these early peoples knew ...
... flowers and wore them around their necks in amulets as medicinal charms . They used vanilla as a perfume , a medicine , a men- tal stimulant , an insect repellant , and an aph- rodisiac . It is remarkable that these early peoples knew ...
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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