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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... worship food as they worship God . They must treat the two with equal reverence . The proph- ets and mythmakers of the ancient world made it perfectly clear why people sanctified their foodstuffs and why they made them the ob- jects of ...
... worship food as they worship God . They must treat the two with equal reverence . The proph- ets and mythmakers of the ancient world made it perfectly clear why people sanctified their foodstuffs and why they made them the ob- jects of ...
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... worship of Vishnu and his incarnations , especially Rama and Krishna , but this sacred plant has its own well - established place in mythology . Some leg- ends trace the origin of tulasi to the primor- dial milk ocean ; others place the ...
... worship of Vishnu and his incarnations , especially Rama and Krishna , but this sacred plant has its own well - established place in mythology . Some leg- ends trace the origin of tulasi to the primor- dial milk ocean ; others place the ...
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... worship Shiva . She engaged in medi- tation to commune with Shiva , and she finally turned into the bilva tree . Among pious Hin- dus , the worship of Shiva , called Shaivism , stands in opposition to the worship of Vishnu , called ...
... worship Shiva . She engaged in medi- tation to commune with Shiva , and she finally turned into the bilva tree . Among pious Hin- dus , the worship of Shiva , called Shaivism , stands in opposition to the worship of Vishnu , called ...
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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