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- Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
1: ...mythological and helps to explain or symbolizes Inca beliefs.
3: ...ecorded by priests, from the [[iconography]] on Incan pottery and architecture, and the myths and lege...
5: == Inca foundation legends ==
8: ...commoners were not allowed to speak the name of Inca Viracocha, which is possibly an explanation for t...
10: ...tribes that they were attempting to rule. (''[[huaca]]''). - Abydos, Egypt (9715 bytes)
2: ...gyptian language|Egyptian]] name was Abdju (technically, ''3b<u>d</u>w'', hieroglyphs shown to the rig...
6: ...Period|Ptolemaic]] times the place continued to decay and no later works are known (Petrie, ''Abydos''...
10: ...h dynasty; and [[Anubis]], the god of the western Hades, rises to importance in the [[Middle Kingdom of E...
14: ...all of unbaked bricks. Covering one wall of this came the second temple of about 40 ft. square in a w...
17: ...a chamber full of them has yielded the fine ivory carvings and the glazed figures and tiles which show... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
8: ...ition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits fr...
17: ...m [[Aeacus]]' famous temple on [[Aegina]] was dedicated.
19: ...of oaths. Liars who were exposed were made to dedicate a [[sculpture|statue]] to Zeus, often at the sa...
29: ===Some Local Zeus-Cults===
30: ...anhellenic titles and conceptions listed above, local cults maintained their own idiosyncratic ideas a... - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
4: ...in [[Boeotia]] ([[Virgil]] I, 720). She was also called ''Kypris'' or ''Cytherea'' {{Greek myth (Olym...
10: ...lling ''Astarte''); her [[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]] equivalent was [[Turan (goddess)|Turan]].
16: ...of Rhea, the [[Earth Mother]], whom Homer has relocated to Olympus. After this story, Aphrodite herse...
18: ...htaroth]]. It is said that she first tentatively came ashore at [[Cytherea]], a stopping place for tr...
25: ...oom without supper -->). And she is the original cause of the [[Trojan War]] itself: not only did she... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
9: ...] in [[Peloponnesus]], between [[Achaia]] and [[Arcadia]]. His origin on Mt. Cyllene explains the ori...
11: ...n the descendent of the [[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]] [[Turms]]. The Roman Mercury, with his bulgin...
18: ...in [[Arcadia]], where festivals in his honor were called ''Hermoea''.
21: ... he brought newly-dead souls to the underworld, [[Hades]]. In the Homeric ''Hymn to Demeter'' Hermes con...
26: ...archos, the son of [[Pisistratus]] replaced the [[cairn]]s that marked the midway point between each v... - Vampire (17166 bytes)
3: ...[human]] and/or animal [[blood]] often having magical powers and the ability to [[transformation ficti...
5: ...warfare]] intended to terrorize the enemy, and it can be used to reflect various spiritual beliefs.
7: ... animals of the same nature, including the [[chupacabra]].
11: ...] that [[Odysseus]] meets on his journey to the [[Hades|underworld]] are lured to the blood of freshly sa...
17: ...ers. They typically have extended [[canine tooth|canines]] or [[fang]]s. - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
2: ...Image:Pomegranate fruit.jpg|Pomegranate|250px]] | caption = Fruit of pomegranate}}
9: ...box_familia_entry | taxon = [[Lythraceae]] ([[Punicaceae]])}}
10: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Punica'''''}}
13: ''P. granatum'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br>
14: ''P. protopunica'' [[John Hutton Balfour|Balf.]]
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