Nectar and Ambrosia: An Encyclopedia of Food in World MythologyA 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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... centers of worship . Modern - day archaeologists who have discovered mummified bodies of Nile perch believe that ... center on Hawaiki , a mythical land of ancestors that ex- isted in the East , where the sun rose . The Polynesians ...
... centers of worship . Modern - day archaeologists who have discovered mummified bodies of Nile perch believe that ... center on Hawaiki , a mythical land of ancestors that ex- isted in the East , where the sun rose . The Polynesians ...
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... center of the earth . Ancient people from many parts of the world connected both bees and caves with the earth's generation , and dated honey to the creation of the world . Civilizations all over the world considered honey sacred and ...
... center of the earth . Ancient people from many parts of the world connected both bees and caves with the earth's generation , and dated honey to the creation of the world . Civilizations all over the world considered honey sacred and ...
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... centers on Baucis , a kind woman who lived happily with Philemon , an old shepherd , in a modest cottage in Phrygia . One day , the gods Jupiter and Mercury arrived at their cottage in disguise , and Baucis and Philemon kindly welcomed ...
... centers on Baucis , a kind woman who lived happily with Philemon , an old shepherd , in a modest cottage in Phrygia . One day , the gods Jupiter and Mercury arrived at their cottage in disguise , and Baucis and Philemon kindly welcomed ...
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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