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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... goddess who provides life and sustenance . The sacred beans the goddess delivered to the an- cient tribes were what are today known as green beans , a New World domesticate of the fava beans of the Old World . But whereas green beans ...
... goddess who provides life and sustenance . The sacred beans the goddess delivered to the an- cient tribes were what are today known as green beans , a New World domesticate of the fava beans of the Old World . But whereas green beans ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... goddess . The gods and kings of many lands received . the nourishing liquid from her breast and en- tered into a state of everlasting bliss . Egyptian myths , in particular , are full of images of suck- ling deities , with the mother ...
... goddess . The gods and kings of many lands received . the nourishing liquid from her breast and en- tered into a state of everlasting bliss . Egyptian myths , in particular , are full of images of suck- ling deities , with the mother ...
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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