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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... fruit , a magic fruit , and a symbol of temptation , guarded by a ser- pent who served a function similar to the dragon Ladon's role in the Garden of the Hesperides . Dragons and serpents often guarded apples in the myths . In a Polish ...
... fruit , a magic fruit , and a symbol of temptation , guarded by a ser- pent who served a function similar to the dragon Ladon's role in the Garden of the Hesperides . Dragons and serpents often guarded apples in the myths . In a Polish ...
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... fruit . In one Hindu legend , Bimma cre- ated the plantain tree ; and because Rama was jealous of Bimma for creating such a useful plant , he put a curse on the tree so that it would die after producing only one crop of fruit . But ...
... fruit . In one Hindu legend , Bimma cre- ated the plantain tree ; and because Rama was jealous of Bimma for creating such a useful plant , he put a curse on the tree so that it would die after producing only one crop of fruit . But ...
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... fruits , tasting each fruit first to see if it was ripe enough . Rama accepted the fruit from the Bhilni , knowing that regardless of the way he offered it , he offered it with a pure heart . ( Customar- ily in Hindu practice , upper ...
... fruits , tasting each fruit first to see if it was ripe enough . Rama accepted the fruit from the Bhilni , knowing that regardless of the way he offered it , he offered it with a pure heart . ( Customar- ily in Hindu practice , upper ...
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