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... gods need food and drink and depend on men to supply them . After the Flood the biblical Noah won God's goodwill ... gods who " crowded like flies " as they " smelled the sweet savor . " Though gods depend on man , man also depends on ...
... gods need food and drink and depend on men to supply them . After the Flood the biblical Noah won God's goodwill ... gods who " crowded like flies " as they " smelled the sweet savor . " Though gods depend on man , man also depends on ...
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... GODS Egyptian religion was polytheistic . The gods who inhabited the bounded and ultimately perishable cosmos varied in nature and capacity . The word netjer ( " god " ) described a much wider range of beings than the deities of ...
... GODS Egyptian religion was polytheistic . The gods who inhabited the bounded and ultimately perishable cosmos varied in nature and capacity . The word netjer ( " god " ) described a much wider range of beings than the deities of ...
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... gods , he is the owner and chief executive of the world . Even the forces of chaos , Yamm and Mot ( " Sea " and " Death " ) , are his beloved children . El is called " the Bull " and is represented icono- graphically by a bull . His ...
... gods , he is the owner and chief executive of the world . Even the forces of chaos , Yamm and Mot ( " Sea " and " Death " ) , are his beloved children . El is called " the Bull " and is represented icono- graphically by a bull . His ...
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