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• Oxford Companion to World Mythology
  ...ee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t208 '''''The Oxford Companion to World Mythology'''''] ...ogical [[tradition]]s (Greek, Native American, Indian, Japanese, Sumerian, Egyptian), along with retellings of better-known myths, and entries on mythological
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• Aegis
  ...thology] and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology Egyptian mythology] as well, where the Greek word ''aegis'' is applied by extension.[https://e [[Category: Mythology]]
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• Scourge
  ...ail depicted in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology Egyptian mythology] is that it was an agricultural instrument used to thresh wheat, not implem
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• Archon
  The Egyptian Gnostic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideans Basilideans] accepted th [[Category: Mythology]]
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• Heart
  ===In mythology, spirituality and religion=== ...truth]], in the judgment of the dead in the Egyptian ''Book of the Dead''. Egyptian sources do not actually reveal whether the heart had to be lighter or heavi
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• Seth
  ...ence|Storms]], [[Darkness]], and [[Chaos]]. Because of developments in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Set was [[worshipped]], it was spelled i
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• Great Pyramid of Gizeh
  ...t as a tomb for [[Fourth dynasty of Egypt|Fourth dynasty]] [[ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] King [[Khufu]] (Cheops in Greek) and constructed over a 20 year period co #The Egyptian Pyramids: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference by J.P. Lepre [pg.65]
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• Deity
  Beginning with Djedefra (26th century BC), the Egyptian [[pharaoh]]s called themselves "Son of [[Ra]]" as well as "Bull (son) of hi ...deities and their deeds are referred to as myths, the study of which is [[mythology]]. The word "myth" has an overtone of [[fiction]], so religious people comm
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• Names
  ==In [[mythology]]== In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_mythology Arthurian mythology], part of the code of honor and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivalry chi
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• Spittle
  ...one version of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_Religion Egyptian creation myth], the primeval god [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atum Atum] In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_Mythology Norse mythology] a being called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvasir Kvasir] was formed fr
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• El Shaddai
  ...ting a mythical holy mountain, a concept not unknown in ancient West Asian mythology (see El), and also evident in the Syriac Christian writings of Ephrem the S ...rates the various miracles God performed while liberating the Hebrews from Egyptian servitude. It is understood as such by The Stone Edition of the Chumash (To
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• Eastern philosophy
  ===Ancient Egyptian Religion=== ...ianity and Islam in the Græco-Roman and Arab eras. These were conducted by Egyptian priests or magicians.
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• Creation
  ...For this reason, theories of "origin" are more appropriately described as mythology whether transmitted orally or in written forms . ==Creation Mythology==
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• Paper 98 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident
  ...pomorphism]]. But the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Mythology Greek mythology] was more [[aesthetic]] than [[ethic]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ...pedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite Aphrodite], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology Venus]; and so on down through the many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anci
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• Earth
  ...to as "the Earth", "Planet Earth", "[[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]]", "[[Terra (mythology)|Terra]]",Note that by [[International Astronomical Union]] convention, the ...hose name in English is not derived from [[Greek mythology|greco]]-[[roman mythology]].
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• Creation (continued)
  ...sters that would start to kill off the people in the next world. [[Coyote (mythology)|Coyote]], the [[trickster]], also appears and steals the baby of water mon ...g Aboriginal peoples, who have a diverse [[Australian Aboriginal mythology|mythology]]. Some traditions hold that the Earth was created by one of the gods of th
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• Atlantis
  ...ntis''' (in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]], Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος}, "island of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]") is the name of a legendary island first mentioned in [[Plato]]'s ...anslated the history of ancient Athens and Atlantis, recorded on papyri in Egyptian hieroglyphs, into [[Greek language|Greek]]. According to [[Plutarch]], Solo
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• Tarot
  ...emoves the controversial Papess and Pope and, in their stead, puts [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] with her [[peacock]], and [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] with his [[eagl
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• Languages and Literature
  ...as well and include such [[genre]]s as [[Epic poetry|epic]], [[legend]], [[Mythology|myth]], [[ballad]], plus other forms of oral poetry, and [[folktale]]. ...ext composed of letters, or other examples of symbolic written language ([[Egyptian hieroglyphs]], for example). An even more narrow interpretation is that tex
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• Magic
  ...h exerted an exotic charm by their ascription to Arabic, Jewish, Gypsy and Egyptian sources. There was great uncertainty in distinguishing practices of vain su ...xotic beliefs to Europeans at this time. [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Egyptian mythology]] frequently feature in nineteenth century magical texts. The late 19th cen
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