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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... kinds of animals from the dough . The Aztecs made birdlike images of Xocotl out of amaranth dough ; Xocotl appeared to be some kind of bird deity . They carried the dough idols to the tops of trees , then threw them down to the ground ...
... kinds of animals from the dough . The Aztecs made birdlike images of Xocotl out of amaranth dough ; Xocotl appeared to be some kind of bird deity . They carried the dough idols to the tops of trees , then threw them down to the ground ...
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... kind of bliss only at- tainable in heaven . Some scholars have sug- gested that Avalon was a real place , possibly at ... kinds of fruit were called apples , usually distinguished by their place of origin or by some other identifying ...
... kind of bliss only at- tainable in heaven . Some scholars have sug- gested that Avalon was a real place , possibly at ... kinds of fruit were called apples , usually distinguished by their place of origin or by some other identifying ...
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... kinds of insects . Some people of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific say that when their kings die , their spirits travel to Bulotu , or paradise , but that when people of the lower classes die , their spirits remain on earth and ...
... kinds of insects . Some people of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific say that when their kings die , their spirits travel to Bulotu , or paradise , but that when people of the lower classes die , their spirits remain on earth and ...
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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