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Since its publication in Germany Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable, as well as the most readable, account of its elusive and fascinating subject.
Consists of over 70 papers written by scholars concerned with pre-Christian Norse religion. The articles represent subjects such as archaeology, art history, historical archaeology, history, history of ideas, theological history, literature, onomastics, Scandinavian languages, and Scandinavian studies.
Probably more is known about the religious life of Athens than of any other ancient city. This book provides an account of that religion from different angles: public festivals, the Eleusinian Mysteries, private rites and magic, and the treatment of religion by the great playwrights of Athens. The Athenians emerge as pious and very down-to-earth.
The movement toward Neo-Paganism is a much maligned and often misunderstood one. This book investigates this trend toward pre-monotheistic worship on its own terms. It focuses on what Neo-Paganism practitioners tend to focus on; not the doomsday message of Adventist-type cults, but the desire to find the female in the divine.
Retold tales of goddesses and heroines illustrated by fantasy artist Boris Vallejo.
Investigates the relations between East and West in the Ancient world as seen through the lens of ancient religious practices. This illustrated book concentrates on one aspect of the cult, the ritual drama, and its setting, the cultic theatre. It also includes an overview of the development of ritual dramas as well as the settings chosen for it.
The Aztec and Maya pantheon entails stories of gods and goddesses. This book is an illustrated companion to the key deities, it explains their relationships with other gods and goddesses, and their role in Aztec and Maya mythology. Included in it are beguiling figures such as the Aztec gods: Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoati.
Contains quotations from leading American Native Indians, Chiefs, Medicine Men, as well as ordinary people, poems, songs, prose, speeches and stories. This book features contents that are in alphabetical order and are grouped around the main Native Indian Nations from Apache to Zuni, including the Sioux, Eskimo, Cherokee and many more.
This book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods.
This is an illustrated study of the nymph in the ancient Greek world. It examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer, through to the Hellenistic period.