UID:
almafu_9959233511902883
Format:
1 online resource (390 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-81021-0
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1-134-81022-9
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1-280-33375-8
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9786610333752
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0-203-01177-5
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0-203-17029-6
Content:
European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent.Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing the unpolluted rivers and mountains? In European Paganism Ken Dowden outlines and analyses the diverse aspects of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice to pilgrimage lunar festivals and tree worship. It includes:* a 'timelines' chart to aid with chronology* many
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; How to use this book; Authors and events: a time-chart; Approaching paganism; Dividing the landscape; Focus I: spring, lake, river; Focus II: stone and tree; Area I: land; Area II: growth; Technology: statues, shrines and temples; Christian paganism; Pagan rite; Pagan time; A few aspects of gods; Priests; Cradle to grave; Unity is the Thing; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Primary literature: general information and where to find a text and translation; Secondary literature; Indexes; Index nominum I
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gods, mythic entities and festivalsIndex nominum II; (real) persons, peoples and places; Index rerum; topics and themes; Index auctorum; modern authors
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-47463-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-12034-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203011775
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