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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Irische Texte
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Category : Irish literature
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Category : Irish literature
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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In cath catharda, the civil war of the Romans
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Category : Folklore
Languages : de
Pages : 326
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Languages : de
Pages : 326
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The Strange World of Human Sacrifice
Author: Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042918436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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The Strange World of Human Sacrifice is the first modern collection of studies on one of the most gruesome and intriguing aspects of religion. The volume starts with a brief introduction, which is followed by studies of Aztec human sacrifice and the literary motif of human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature. Turning to ancient Greece, three cases of human sacrifice are analysed: a ritual example, a mythical case, and one in which myth and ritual are interrelated. The early Christians were the victims of accusations of human sacrifice, but in turn imputed the crime to heterodox Christians, just as the Jews imputed the crime to their neighbours. The ancient Egyptians rarely seem to have practised human sacrifice, but buried the pharaoh's servants with him in order to serve him in the afterlife, albeit only for a brief period at the very beginning of pharaonic civilization. In ancient India we can follow the traditions of human sacrifice from the earliest texts up to modern times, where especially in eastern India goddesses, such as Kali, were long worshipped with human victims. In Japanese tales human sacrifice often takes the form of self-sacrifice, and there may well be a line from these early sacrifices to modern kamikaze. The last study throws a surprising light on human sacrifice in China. The volume is concluded with a detailed index
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042918436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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The Strange World of Human Sacrifice is the first modern collection of studies on one of the most gruesome and intriguing aspects of religion. The volume starts with a brief introduction, which is followed by studies of Aztec human sacrifice and the literary motif of human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature. Turning to ancient Greece, three cases of human sacrifice are analysed: a ritual example, a mythical case, and one in which myth and ritual are interrelated. The early Christians were the victims of accusations of human sacrifice, but in turn imputed the crime to heterodox Christians, just as the Jews imputed the crime to their neighbours. The ancient Egyptians rarely seem to have practised human sacrifice, but buried the pharaoh's servants with him in order to serve him in the afterlife, albeit only for a brief period at the very beginning of pharaonic civilization. In ancient India we can follow the traditions of human sacrifice from the earliest texts up to modern times, where especially in eastern India goddesses, such as Kali, were long worshipped with human victims. In Japanese tales human sacrifice often takes the form of self-sacrifice, and there may well be a line from these early sacrifices to modern kamikaze. The last study throws a surprising light on human sacrifice in China. The volume is concluded with a detailed index
Irische texte
Author: Ernst Windisch
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Category : Irish language
Languages : un
Pages : 622
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Category : Irish language
Languages : un
Pages : 622
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In Cath Catharda
Author: Lucan
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Category : Epic literature, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category : Epic literature, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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In Cath Catharda : the civil war of the romans ; an irish version of Lucan's Pharsalia
Author: Whitley Stokes
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Languages : ga
Pages : 581
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Languages : ga
Pages : 581
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In cath catharda, the civil war of the Romans
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
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In cath catharda, the civil war of the Romans
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Category : English literature
Languages : de
Pages : 1118
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Category : English literature
Languages : de
Pages : 1118
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Civil Wars
Author: David Armitage
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300149824
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A highly original history, tracing civil war, the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression, from Ancient Rome through the centuries to present day.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300149824
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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A highly original history, tracing civil war, the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression, from Ancient Rome through the centuries to present day.