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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... reasons largely grounded in myth , people considered certain foods sa- cred and other foods strictly taboo . Nectar and ... reason , in addition to a detailed subject index , the book includes two appendixes that tie together major con ...
... reasons largely grounded in myth , people considered certain foods sa- cred and other foods strictly taboo . Nectar and ... reason , in addition to a detailed subject index , the book includes two appendixes that tie together major con ...
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... reason for rejecting eggs as food stemmed from the belief that injury would befall people who ate fertility symbols . In legends of the Ibibo of Nigeria , the first women on earth were barren , and the goddess of heaven gave them eggs ...
... reason for rejecting eggs as food stemmed from the belief that injury would befall people who ate fertility symbols . In legends of the Ibibo of Nigeria , the first women on earth were barren , and the goddess of heaven gave them eggs ...
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... reason , people offered them frankincense and myrrh and fra- grant foods of all sorts , and they burned aro- matic ... reasons . In the religions of India , people likened garlic and onions to flesh foods because they re- sembled human ...
... reason , people offered them frankincense and myrrh and fra- grant foods of all sorts , and they burned aro- matic ... reasons . In the religions of India , people likened garlic and onions to flesh foods because they re- sembled human ...
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