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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... represented blood . Blood fueled the soul with energy and life force . ( Camporesi 1995 ; Carrasco 1995 ; Frazer ... represented Ireland in the winter . The hags ' transforma- tion after their marriages represented the trans- formation ...
... represented blood . Blood fueled the soul with energy and life force . ( Camporesi 1995 ; Carrasco 1995 ; Frazer ... represented Ireland in the winter . The hags ' transforma- tion after their marriages represented the trans- formation ...
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... represented the husking of the corn ; and the virgin represented the young , tender ear of corn that the people worshiped . A North American legend of the Ojibwa also integrated the theme of life springing from death into an explanation ...
... represented the husking of the corn ; and the virgin represented the young , tender ear of corn that the people worshiped . A North American legend of the Ojibwa also integrated the theme of life springing from death into an explanation ...
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... represented the grain . Demeter grieved so much over the loss of her daughter that she burned the grain , represented by the burning of Demophoon . Demeter held the child in the fire and roasted him , much as one would roast grain . She ...
... represented the grain . Demeter grieved so much over the loss of her daughter that she burned the grain , represented by the burning of Demophoon . Demeter held the child in the fire and roasted him , much as one would roast grain . She ...
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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