. Bird gods. Animal worship; Birds -- Folklore. Bird Gods in Ancient Europe this he suggests the white-haired, white-bearded Vainamoinen. Again there was an Achilleus the son of Zeus and Lamia, so beautiful that Venus became frantic with jealousy. Pan was called upon to judge in this pre-Homeric beauty contest and because he cast his vote for Achilleus the angry goddess changed Pan to a hideous goat-footed creature and made him fall in love with Echo, the nymph who ever mocks and can never be found. There was still another Achilleus who taught the Centaur Cheiron, who in turn was the teacher o
. Bird gods. Animal worship; Birds -- Folklore. Bird Gods in Ancient Europe this he suggests the white-haired, white-bearded Vainamoinen. Again there was an Achilleus the son of Zeus and Lamia, so beautiful that Venus became frantic with jealousy. Pan was called upon to judge in this pre-Homeric beauty contest and because he cast his vote for Achilleus the angry goddess changed Pan to a hideous goat-footed creature and made him fall in love with Echo, the nymph who ever mocks and can never be found. There was still another Achilleus who taught the Centaur Cheiron, who in turn was the teacher of the Homeric Achilleus. Finally there was a pris- tine Achilleus, the son of Earth, a primeval eagle of the cloudy firmament, to whom Hera fled when Zeus pursued her in the shape of a cuckoo. This Achilleus per- suaded Hera not to fly from Zeus, who caught her as a cuckoo on the Cuckoo Mountain. He was the eagle coun- sellor of cuckoo gods. 223. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original De Kay, Charles, 1848-1935; Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950. New York, A. S. Barnes & co
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