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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth / Edition 1

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth / Edition 1

by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth / Edition 1
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ISBN-10:
0520058755
ISBN-13:
9780520058750
Pub. Date:
11/20/1986
Publisher:
University of California Press
ISBN-10:
0520058755
ISBN-13:
9780520058750
Pub. Date:
11/20/1986
Publisher:
University of California Press
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth / Edition 1

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth / Edition 1

by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing

Overview

Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This question is examined in Walter Burkert's famous study.

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ISBN-13: 9780520058750
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/20/1986
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Translator's Preface
Preface to the English Edition
List of Illustrations
Introduction

I. Sacrifice, Hunting, and Funerary Rituals
II. Werewolves around the Tripod Kettle
III. Dissolution and New Year's Festival
IV. Anthesteria
V. Eleusis

Abbreviations and Bibliography
Index
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