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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... grain . called amaranth . Many cultures , before and since the advent of Christian communion , practiced similar ... grain with soul . They had to kill the grain when they harvested it , but its soul lived on in the bread . Bread ...
... grain . called amaranth . Many cultures , before and since the advent of Christian communion , practiced similar ... grain with soul . They had to kill the grain when they harvested it , but its soul lived on in the bread . Bread ...
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... grain was of such crucial importance to human advance- ment that numerous ancient myths were de- vised to explain the growing cycle of grain . The Greeks told of the grain god Adonis , who died and returned to life each year . The Egyp ...
... grain was of such crucial importance to human advance- ment that numerous ancient myths were de- vised to explain the growing cycle of grain . The Greeks told of the grain god Adonis , who died and returned to life each year . The Egyp ...
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... grain . The grain was on the ground first , then it sprouted , as humans did when they learned to walk upright . The people who ate the grain at the harvest festivals propelled themselves forward by moving from a hunting and gath- ering ...
... grain . The grain was on the ground first , then it sprouted , as humans did when they learned to walk upright . The people who ate the grain at the harvest festivals propelled themselves forward by moving from a hunting and gath- ering ...
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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