Reviving Roman religion : sacred trees in the Roman world

1. Verfasser: Hunt, Ailsa.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Schriftenreihe: Cambridge classical studies
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Rooting in: why give time to sacred trees?
  • A brief history of tree-thinking: the enduring power of animism
  • How arboreal matter matters: rethinking sacrality through trees
  • Arboriculture and arboreal deaths: rethinking sacrality again
  • Confronting arboreal agency: reading the divine in arboreal behaviour
  • Imagining the gods: how trees flesh out the identity of the divine
  • Branching out: what sacred trees mean for Roman religion.