Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion : festivals, banqueting, and divination

Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion festivals, banqueting, and divination

The authors comprehensively analyze all the available information regarding the ritual practices of Slavic pre-Christian religion that can be found in written medieval texts. After investigating every kind of reference to such practices, they offer a reconstruction of Slavic pre-Christian religion o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Álvarez-Pedrosa, Juan Antonio, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: York : Arc Humanities Press 2022.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Beyond medieval Europe.
Subjects:
Slavs > Religion.
Paganism > Rituals.
Slavic countries.
Slavic countries > History > To 1500.
Slavic countries > Religion.
Baltic peoples.
Slavic peoples.
early Middle Ages.
folklore.
pagan religions.
History.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009740940106719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Methodological Problems in Reconstructing Pre- Christian Slavic Religion
  • Chapter 2. Fertility Rites
  • Chapter 3. Rites of Everyday Life
  • Chapter 4. Military Rituals
  • Chapter 5. Funerary Rites
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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