Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses.pdf

DICTIONARY OF

GODS AND

GODDESSES

SECOND EDITION

MICHAEL JORDAN

For Beatrice Elizabeth Jordan

Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Second Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jordan, Michael, 1941–

Dictionary of gods and godesses / Michael Jordan.– 2nd ed.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: Encyclopedia of gods. c1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8160-5923-3

1. Gods–Dictionaries. 2. Goddesses–Dictionaries. I. Jordan, Michael, 1941– Encyclopedia of gods. II. Title.

BL473.J67 2004

202'.11'03–dc22

2004013028

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CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION

vii

CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRINCIPAL RELIGIONS

AND CULTURES COVERED IN THIS BOOK

xiii

DICTIONARY OF GODS AND GODDESSES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

361

INDEX

367