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Manabozho in the Tree Above the Flood
Manabozho in the Tree Above the Flood, illustration by R.C. Armour, from his book North American Indian Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Legends, 1905.

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Giant Thiassi Kidnapping Idunn
An illustration portraying the Norse goddess of fertility Idunn being kidnapped by the giant Thiassi. Idunn was a guardian of the fruit (usually given as apples) that kept the gods of Asgard eternally young. Due to its rejuvenating properties...

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King Arthur Statue
Tintern Station, Gwent, Circle of Legends.

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Skírnir and Gerðr
Artist's depiction showing a tale from Norse Mythology recorded in the Skírnismál in which Freyr sends his servant Skírnir to Jotunheim, the realm of the giants, in order to convince the giant-daughter Gerðr to marry Freyr. She refuses, and...

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Glooscap Turning Man into a Cedar Tree
Glooscap Turning Man into a Cedar Tree, scraping on birchbark by Tomah Joseph, featured in The Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland, 1884.

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Celtic Warrior with Spear
An illustration by Stephen Reid of a Celtic warrior with a spear. (Internet Book Archive image. From page 330 of "Myths and Legends; the Celtic Race", Rolleston, T.W., Boston-Nickerson, 1910)

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Tuan Watches the Nemedians Arrive in Ireland
An illustration of Tuan mac Cairill watching the arrival of the Nemedians, one of the group of peoples that attempted to settle in Ireland in that country's founding mythology. (Taken from T. W. Rolleston's 'Myths & Legends of the Celtic...

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Kingdom of Axum
The African kingdom of Axum (also Aksum) was located on the northern edge of the highland zone of the Red Sea coast, just above the horn of Africa. It was founded in the 1st century CE, flourished from the 3rd to 6th century CE, and then...

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Lao-Tzu
Lao-Tzu (l. c. 500 BCE, also known as Laozi or Lao-Tze) was a Chinese philosopher credited with founding the philosophical system of Taoism. He is best known as the author of the Laozi (later retitled the Tao-Te-Ching translated as “The Way...

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Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire (912-612 BCE) was the final stage of the Assyrian Empire, stretching throughout Mesopotamia, the Levant, Egypt, Anatolia, and into parts of Persia and Arabia. Beginning with the reign of Adad Nirari II (912-891 BCE...