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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... spirits were particularly vengeful . To those who believed in evil spirits , the elder spirits posed such a threat that the people dared not chop down the elder tree or burn its wood for fear of the spirits ' revenge . The traditional ...
... spirits were particularly vengeful . To those who believed in evil spirits , the elder spirits posed such a threat that the people dared not chop down the elder tree or burn its wood for fear of the spirits ' revenge . The traditional ...
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... spirits and winning their permis- sion to obtain food . Sedna , the Inuit sea spirit , served the same purpose as the King Cari- bou . Both guarded the game animals and protected the sanctity of nature , and both granted only a certain ...
... spirits and winning their permis- sion to obtain food . Sedna , the Inuit sea spirit , served the same purpose as the King Cari- bou . Both guarded the game animals and protected the sanctity of nature , and both granted only a certain ...
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... spirits and the spirits of the fish . Native peoples of the northwest coast of America had a special reverence for the natu- ral world and the spirits they believed inhab- ited it . These people depended on the salmon for food , but ...
... spirits and the spirits of the fish . Native peoples of the northwest coast of America had a special reverence for the natu- ral world and the spirits they believed inhab- ited it . These people depended on the salmon for food , but ...
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