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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... served as a healing object , a love charm , a fertility amu- let , and a means of divination . In many tradi- tional myths , eating apples led to immortality . The Latin name for the apple is Pomma , which is also the generic Latin word ...
... served as a healing object , a love charm , a fertility amu- let , and a means of divination . In many tradi- tional myths , eating apples led to immortality . The Latin name for the apple is Pomma , which is also the generic Latin word ...
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... served as the Mesopotam- ian Tree of Life ( a symbol of immortality ) —a role it also fulfilled for the Egyptians and Chi- nese Taoists . These people made various food- stuffs from the date palm ; they made the seeds into coffee or oil ...
... served as the Mesopotam- ian Tree of Life ( a symbol of immortality ) —a role it also fulfilled for the Egyptians and Chi- nese Taoists . These people made various food- stuffs from the date palm ; they made the seeds into coffee or oil ...
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... served as magic , creative agents . Spittle also served as a fermenting agent , and Kvasir , the sage , personified the divine spittle . Having no knowledge of yeast , early people stumbled on other ways to produce the desired results ...
... served as magic , creative agents . Spittle also served as a fermenting agent , and Kvasir , the sage , personified the divine spittle . Having no knowledge of yeast , early people stumbled on other ways to produce the desired results ...
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