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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... lived in fig trees , and in the lore of Australia the Yara - ma - yha - who , an odd little red man who lived in the fig tree , pounced on chil- dren and swallowed them whole . People of many cultures considered their fig trees wish ...
... lived in fig trees , and in the lore of Australia the Yara - ma - yha - who , an odd little red man who lived in the fig tree , pounced on chil- dren and swallowed them whole . People of many cultures considered their fig trees wish ...
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... lived among the linden branches , and in Swedish tales do- mestic spirits resided there . In German and Tyrolian tales , dwarves and dragons inhabited lime trees . In the myth of the hero Sigurd , the dragon Fafnir lived ninety years in ...
... lived among the linden branches , and in Swedish tales do- mestic spirits resided there . In German and Tyrolian tales , dwarves and dragons inhabited lime trees . In the myth of the hero Sigurd , the dragon Fafnir lived ninety years in ...
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... lived . This ensured that the salmon spirit could be reborn in its home beneath the sea . The assurance of resurrection meant that killing the salmon freed its soul . The freed soul then informed the other salmon of its kindly treatment ...
... lived . This ensured that the salmon spirit could be reborn in its home beneath the sea . The assurance of resurrection meant that killing the salmon freed its soul . The freed soul then informed the other salmon of its kindly treatment ...
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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