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From Santa Claus to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Uncle Sam to Uncle Tom, here is a compelling, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining compendium of fictional trendsetters and world-shakers who have helped shape our culture and our lives. The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived offers fascinating histories of our most beloved, hated, feared, and revered invented icons and the indelible marks they made on civilization, including:
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Introduces ancient Greek, Norse, Egyptian, and Roman mythologies, including Zeus, father of the Greek gods, Norse Freyja, goddess of love, beauty, war, and death, and Egyptian Bastet, goddess of cats.
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"Stories centuries in the making, and many centuries worth of stories, are an integral part of modern society. Whether modern or ancient, every culture has its myths. Mythology forms our understanding of our origin, history, and traditions. They tell of our heroes and deities. Myths are vehicles for understanding religion, for learning language, and for understanding society, but they can often be difficult to understand and confusing. The Handy Mythology...
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"To practice the Four Agreements, before we can achieve the Mastery of Love, we must move beyond fear. Fear is the source of all the negative agreements weve made and it can alienate us from the joy that is our birthright. This guide includes the basic elements of Toltec wisdom and spiritual practice."--Amazon.
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"¿Quién era el dios embaucador Maui? ¿Qué era el hidromiel de la poesía y qué don otorgaba a quienes lo bebían? ¿Cómo era el paso a la vida de ultratumba según la mitología del antiguo Egipto? ¿Cuál fue el papel de Loki y de Thor en la mitología nórdica, de Gilgamesh en la sumeria o de Viracocha en la inca? Este libro responde a estas y otras preguntas con la exposición de más de ochenta mitos de todo el mundo. Mediante amenos relatos,...
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