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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... particularly on the fruits of trees ; Hindus ven- erated many kinds of trees as incarnations of gods or as their sacred abodes . Shiva medi- tated under a tree and obtained enlightenment , as did Buddha . Trees , like gods , bestow life ...
... particularly on the fruits of trees ; Hindus ven- erated many kinds of trees as incarnations of gods or as their sacred abodes . Shiva medi- tated under a tree and obtained enlightenment , as did Buddha . Trees , like gods , bestow life ...
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... particularly , male offspring . Beans may have contained the souls of the dead , but they also represented the embryo and the embry- onic state ; so people in some early cultures . used them as ritual offerings during marriage ...
... particularly , male offspring . Beans may have contained the souls of the dead , but they also represented the embryo and the embry- onic state ; so people in some early cultures . used them as ritual offerings during marriage ...
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... particularly , potential life in the future . The Chinese and certain tribal groups in southern Asia used the eggs of chickens or ducks to divine the future . One method in- volved painting the eggs , boiling them , and reading the ...
... particularly , potential life in the future . The Chinese and certain tribal groups in southern Asia used the eggs of chickens or ducks to divine the future . One method in- volved painting the eggs , boiling them , and reading 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