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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... magic . Myths attesting to the magic of food involve trees full of im- mortal fruits , magic pans of buffalo meat , and cauldrons full of mead that miraculously yield inexhaustible supplies . The Norse thunder god Thor performed a most ...
... magic . Myths attesting to the magic of food involve trees full of im- mortal fruits , magic pans of buffalo meat , and cauldrons full of mead that miraculously yield inexhaustible supplies . The Norse thunder god Thor performed a most ...
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... magic . Many Native Americans believe in the unity of life and in the interconnected- ness of all that exists in the physical and spiri- tual worlds ; this lay at the root of hunting magic in general and of deer magic in par- ticular ...
... magic . Many Native Americans believe in the unity of life and in the interconnected- ness of all that exists in the physical and spiri- tual worlds ; this lay at the root of hunting magic in general and of deer magic in par- ticular ...
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... magic . They employ magic , in fact , in each stage of culti- vation from the planting to the harvesting . Men have the magic to plant the taro , whereas women have the magic to weed the garden and to care for the growing tubers . Taro ...
... magic . They employ magic , in fact , in each stage of culti- vation from the planting to the harvesting . Men have the magic to plant the taro , whereas women have the magic to weed the garden and to care for the growing tubers . Taro ...
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