- dema deity
- Религия: (Any of several mythical ancestral beings of the Marind-Anim of southern New Guinea, the centre of a body of mythology called the dema deity complex) божество дема
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
dema deity
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