The Illustrated Book of Myths: Tales & Legends of the WorldMyths are grouped by theme under such headings as Creation, Fertility and Cultivation, Gods and Men, and the Afterlife, allowing readers to compare similar stories from different parts of the world and to gain insight into other cultures. Background information about historical and cultural events includes photos of places and objects mentioned in each story. |
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Page 32
... Kumush could bring a man back to life if he had only so much as a single hair left on his head . KUM UMUSH created the world . It was Kumush , the Old Man of the Ancients , who scattered seeds over the land and asked the mountains ...
... Kumush could bring a man back to life if he had only so much as a single hair left on his head . KUM UMUSH created the world . It was Kumush , the Old Man of the Ancients , who scattered seeds over the land and asked the mountains ...
Page 33
... Kumush said , " I know all things above , below , and beyond . Whatever is , I know . I will follow her spirit down into the caverns of the House of Death . " Kumush's daughter puts on the most beautiful dress of all , her burial dress ...
... Kumush said , " I know all things above , below , and beyond . Whatever is , I know . I will follow her spirit down into the caverns of the House of Death . " Kumush's daughter puts on the most beautiful dress of all , her burial dress ...
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... KUMUSH ( kuh - mush ) Native American Kumush , " the Old Man of the Ancients , " is the central figure in the creation myth of the Modoc of northern California . He created the Native American people by fetching bones from the ...
... KUMUSH ( kuh - mush ) Native American Kumush , " the Old Man of the Ancients , " is the central figure in the creation myth of the Modoc of northern California . He created the Native American people by fetching bones from the ...
Contents
Thor tries to lift the giants cat page | 123 |
Romulus and Remus | 138 |
Aeneas in the Underworld | 154 |
Copyright | |
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Adapa Aeneas Ahriman Ahura Mazda Amaterasu Ananse ancient animals Apollo apples Asgard asked Athena Balder battle beautiful became Beowulf birds Bran brother bull Cadmus Coyote created creator Cuchulain Daedalus daughter dead death Demeter Dreamtime drink Durga earth Earth-maker Enkidu Erlik father fell Fenris-wolf Freyja Frigg Gayomart Ghede giant Gilgamesh Glooskap goddess gods golden Grail Greek grew Hades hammer head heavens Hera Heracles hero human Icarus Idun Ishtar island Izanagi killed King Arthur Kranyatz Kumush Kurent land lived Loki look Louhi magic mankind Midas Midgard Minos Minotaur mother mountain myth mythology Niflheim night Norse Odin Orpheus Osiris Persephone Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Quetzalcoatl Roman Romulus Sampo serpent Shiva Sir Bedivere Sir Ector Sleipnir spirits stone story Sumerian sword Taliesin Telepinu Theseus Thialfi Thor told took tree trickster turned Ulgan Underworld Utnapishtim Vainamoinen Vikings Walukaga warrior wife wine wings Zeus