Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Volume 4Contains approximately 250 alphabetized entries on deities, concepts, practices, places, and objects related to the mythologies of cultures throughout history, including the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Celts, Aztecs, Native Americans, Scandinavians, Africans, Chinese, and many others, and features color photos and sidebars. |
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Contents
Druids | 436 |
Dryads | 440 |
Dualism | 443 |
Dumuzi | 449 |
Earth Mother | 452 |
Echo | 458 |
Egypt | 460 |
Electra | 470 |
Festivals | 511 |
Flood Myths | 519 |
Frey | 527 |
Freya | 531 |
Frigga | 535 |
Furies | 538 |
Gaia | 541 |
Galatea | 545 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Volume 4 Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, ISBN 0761475591, 9780761475590 |
| Author | C. Scott Littleton |
| Publisher | Marshall Cavendish, 2005 |
| ISBN | 076147563X, 9780761475637 |
| Length | 1584 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |