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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... grew abundantly in Asia and the Middle East , and they grew there long before apples . Before the seventeenth century , many kinds of fruit were called apples , usually distinguished by their place of origin or by some other identifying ...
... grew abundantly in Asia and the Middle East , and they grew there long before apples . Before the seventeenth century , many kinds of fruit were called apples , usually distinguished by their place of origin or by some other identifying ...
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... grew first on a mythical island ; then gods or goddesses or people with magic powers car- ried the seeds from place to place . In a Ha- waiian legend , the breadfruit tree grew from the body of the god Ku , and its fruit had magi- cal ...
... grew first on a mythical island ; then gods or goddesses or people with magic powers car- ried the seeds from place to place . In a Ha- waiian legend , the breadfruit tree grew from the body of the god Ku , and its fruit had magi- cal ...
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An Encyclopedia of Food in World Mythology Tamra Andrews. JUJUBES Jujube trees grew in large areas of the Old World , and they grew prolifically in China , India , Egypt , and tropical Africa . The people of these areas relied on the ...
An Encyclopedia of Food in World Mythology Tamra Andrews. JUJUBES Jujube trees grew in large areas of the Old World , and they grew prolifically in China , India , Egypt , and tropical Africa . The people of these areas relied 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