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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... Rice farming played such a significant role in Asian life that mythmakers credited its in- troduction to supernatural intervention . Japa- nese mythmakers said that Amaterasu , their sun goddess , introduced rice farming to the people ...
... Rice farming played such a significant role in Asian life that mythmakers credited its in- troduction to supernatural intervention . Japa- nese mythmakers said that Amaterasu , their sun goddess , introduced rice farming to the people ...
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... rice , gives wealth , and in one aspect , she em- bodies the rice . Dewi Sri is an ancient deity , described as a pregnant goddess when the rice stalks grow in the paddies . The Javanese and many other people personified their rice ...
... rice , gives wealth , and in one aspect , she em- bodies the rice . Dewi Sri is an ancient deity , described as a pregnant goddess when the rice stalks grow in the paddies . The Javanese and many other people personified their rice ...
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... rice existed first in heaven , and Amaterasu , the sun goddess , gave the precious grain to the world . Sake continues to play an important role in the worship of Amaterasu . It appears that her brother Susanowo fermented the first sake ...
... rice existed first in heaven , and Amaterasu , the sun goddess , gave the precious grain to the world . Sake continues to play an important role in the worship of Amaterasu . It appears that her brother Susanowo fermented the first sake ...
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