The strange world of human sacrifice
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Bremmer, Jan N.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leuven ; Dudley, MA :
Peeters,
2006.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xi, 268 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Studies in the history and anthropology of religion ;
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Aztec human sacrifice as expiation / M. Graulich
- Human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature / J. Borsje
- Myth and ritual in Greek human sacrifice: Lykaon, Polyxena, and the case of the Rhodian criminal / J.N. Bremmer
- The early Christians and human sacrifice / L. Roig Lanzillotta
- Child sacrifice in ancient Israel: the status quaestionis / E. Noort
- Human sacrifice in ancient Egypt / H. te Velde
- Retainer sacrifice in Egypt and in Nubia / J. van Dijk
- Human sacrifice in India in Vedic times and before / A. Parpola
- Human sacrifice (purusamedha), construction sacrifice, and the origin of the idea of the "man of the homestead" (vastupurusa) / H.T. Bakker
- Human sacrifice among the Konds / L.P. van den Bosch
- Human sacrifice in Japan / K. Harimoto
- Human sacrifice and self-sacrifice in China: a century of revelations / T.H. Barrett.
