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Atlas (mythology) Atlas (mythology)
Atlas In Greek mythology, one of the Titans, brother of Prometheus. Having fought against Zeus, he was condemned to hold up the heavens.... Read more
Greek mythology Greek mythology
Greek Mythology The mythology of the ancient Greeks included a dazzling array of deities, demigods,monsters, and heroes. These figures inhabited a realm that stretched beyond the Greek landscape to the palaces of the gods on snow-capped Mount Olympus, as well as to the... Read more
Avatar Avatar
Avatar A term used in Hindu religion to indicate the incarnation of a deity. Avatara is a Sanskrit word meaning "descent," and the Hindu gods take on animal or human form in different ages for the welfare of the world. In Hindu mythology, the god Brahma (originally known as the creator Prajapati)... Read more
Hesperides Hesperides
Hesperides , in Greek mythology, daughters of Atlas. They lived in a fabulous garden located at the western extremity of the world. There they guarded (with the aid of the dragon Ladon) a tree that bore golden apples. Hercules killed the dragon and obtained the apples as one of his 12 labors.... Read more
mythology mythology
mythology [Greek,=the telling of stories], the entire body of myths in a given tradition, and the study of myths. Students of anthropology, folklore, and religion study myths in different ways, distinguishing them from various other forms of popular, often orally transmitted, literature. Much of... Read more
Etzel Etzel
Etzel , in Germanic mythology, king who corresponds to the historic Attila . In the Nibelungenlied he appears as Etzel and in the Volsungasaga as Atli.... Read more
Tiresias Tiresias
Tiresias , in Greek mythology, a blind soothsayer who appears in many legends. According to one myth, when he saw Athena bathing she blinded him, but by way of compensation granted him prophetic powers. Another story is that Hera blinded him for disparaging her sex when he claimed that women enjoyed... Read more
Morpheus Morpheus
Morpheus , in Greek and Roman mythology, god of dreams. The son of Hypnos (or Somnus), the god of sleep, he brought dreams of human forms. His brothers Phobetor and Phantasos induced dreams of animals and inanimate objects, respectively.... Read more
Nereus Nereus
Nereus , in Greek mythology, seagod. He was the son of Pontus and Gaea and the father of the nereids (see nymph ). A kindly, wise old man of the sea, Nereus could change into many shapes and had the power of prophecy.... Read more
Farms Farms
Farming Farming, or agriculture, is the science or art of cultivating the soil, growing and harvesting crops, and the raising of animals. Beginning some 10,000 years ago, people in various places around the world began to grow plants and domesticate animals. Slowly and over ... Read more

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The Way of the Animal Powers: Historical Atlas of World Mythology Series, vol...
Magazine article from: Whole Earth (Historical Atlas of World Mythology Series, Volume 1) Joseph Campbell. 1988; 140 pp. (Part 1), 176 pp. (Part 2), $24.95 each ($27.70 post-paid). HarperCollins Publishers. The outer world as inner world, in detail.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 83, MYTHOLOGIST
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