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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... immortality . Easter eggs , in fact , symbolize immortality , and particularly the resurrection of Christ , who rose from a sealed tomb just as a bird breaks through an egg- shell . The connection between eggs , life , and immortality ...
... immortality . Easter eggs , in fact , symbolize immortality , and particularly the resurrection of Christ , who rose from a sealed tomb just as a bird breaks through an egg- shell . The connection between eggs , life , and immortality ...
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... immortality and that flowed miraculously in some mythical paradise . Oftentimes , world trees grew in paradise and produced these di- vine foods . The supernatural Tree of Buddha , the haoma tree ( a sacred vine of the Zoroas- trians ) ...
... immortality and that flowed miraculously in some mythical paradise . Oftentimes , world trees grew in paradise and produced these di- vine foods . The supernatural Tree of Buddha , the haoma tree ( a sacred vine of the Zoroas- trians ) ...
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... immortality . In Hindu myth , Indra's heaven had five trees , under which the gods drank ambrosia , which the Hindus called amrita , or soma . Chief among these five trees was the ambrosia tree , also known as the parijata tree . Trees ...
... immortality . In Hindu myth , Indra's heaven had five trees , under which the gods drank ambrosia , which the Hindus called amrita , or soma . Chief among these five trees was the ambrosia tree , also known as the parijata tree . Trees ...
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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