European PaganismRoutledge, 13 maj 2013 - 392 sidor European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent. Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing the unpolluted rivers and mountains? In European Paganism Ken Dowden outlines and analyses the diverse aspects of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice to pilgrimage lunar festivals and tree worship. It includes:
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1 Approaching paganism | 1 |
2 Dividing the landscape | 25 |
spring lake river | 39 |
stone and tree | 58 |
land | 78 |
growth | 89 |
statues shrines and temples | 117 |
8 Christian paganism | 149 |
11 A few aspects of gods | 213 |
12 Priests | 224 |
13 Cradle to grave | 257 |
14 Unity is the Thing | 274 |
Afterword | 291 |
Notes | 293 |
Bibliography | 332 |
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