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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... returned each spring , bringing the grain with her . In Japanese myth , bears gave their bodies in sacrifice , but their spirits did not die ; instead , they retreated to their mountain homes , and then returned in the bodies of other ...
... returned each spring , bringing the grain with her . In Japanese myth , bears gave their bodies in sacrifice , but their spirits did not die ; instead , they retreated to their mountain homes , and then returned in the bodies of other ...
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... returned back to earth . Demeter followed in pursuit , searched throughout the underworld for her daughter , and finally found her with Hades . Demeter struck a bargain with Hades , who promised to permit Persephone to return to the ...
... returned back to earth . Demeter followed in pursuit , searched throughout the underworld for her daughter , and finally found her with Hades . Demeter struck a bargain with Hades , who promised to permit Persephone to return to the ...
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... returned to life each year . The Egyp- tians told of Osiris , who rose from the dead as the Nile River overflowed its banks and fer- tilized the land . Seasonally slain gods followed suit in many other myths of agricultural soci- eties ...
... returned to life each year . The Egyp- tians told of Osiris , who rose from the dead as the Nile River overflowed its banks and fer- tilized the land . Seasonally slain gods followed suit in many other myths of agricultural soci- eties ...
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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