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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions

Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of Religious Change (Paperback, New edition): Eric Shane Bryan Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of Religious Change (Paperback, New edition)
Eric Shane Bryan
R1,066 Discovery Miles 10 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ancient Divination and Experience (Hardcover): Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy, Esther Eidinow Ancient Divination and Experience (Hardcover)
Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy, Esther Eidinow
R2,823 Discovery Miles 28 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This volume sets out to re-examine what ancient people - primarily those in ancient Greek and Roman communities, but also Mesopotamian and Chinese cultures - thought they were doing through divination, and what this can tell us about the religions and cultures in which divination was practised. The chapters, authored by a range of established experts and upcoming early-career scholars, engage with four shared questions: What kinds of gods do ancient forms of divination presuppose? What beliefs, anxieties, and hopes did divination seek to address? What were the limits of human 'control' of divination? What kinds of human-divine relationships did divination create/sustain? The volume as a whole seeks to move beyond functionalist approaches to divination in order to identify and elucidate previously understudied aspects of ancient divinatory experience and practice. Special attention is paid to the experiences of non-elites, the perception of divine presence, the ways in which divinatory techniques could surprise their users by yielding unexpected or unwanted results, the difficulties of interpretation with which divinatory experts were thought to contend, and the possibility that divination could not just ease, but also exacerbate, anxiety in practitioners and consultants.

Libro de Enoc (Spanish, Hardcover): Enoc Libro de Enoc (Spanish, Hardcover)
Enoc; Introduction by Fabio Araujo
R582 Discovery Miles 5 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Die Sprache der Ahiqarspruche (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2011 ed.): Ingo Kottsieper Die Sprache der Ahiqarspruche (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2011 ed.)
Ingo Kottsieper
R4,179 Discovery Miles 41 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Cults of the Roman Empire (Hardcover): R. Turcan Cults of the Roman Empire (Hardcover)
R. Turcan
R3,514 Discovery Miles 35 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre. As well as being of wide general interest, this book will appeal to students of the Roman Empire and of the history of religion.

Gerechtigkeit und Leben im hellenistischen Zeitalter (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2015 ed.): Joerg Jeremias Gerechtigkeit und Leben im hellenistischen Zeitalter (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2015 ed.)
Joerg Jeremias
R3,540 Discovery Miles 35 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Professor Dr. Dres. h.c. Otto Kaiser celebrated his 75th birthday on 30th November 1999. To mark the occasion, the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Marburg organised an international symposium and one of the plenary lectures was given by Professor Kaiser. The book contains the four plenary lectures of the symposium.

A Corpus of Greek Graffiti from Dalmatia (Paperback): Scace, A. Johnston, B. Kirigin, L. Seselj A Corpus of Greek Graffiti from Dalmatia (Paperback)
Scace, A. Johnston, B. Kirigin, L. Seselj
R2,924 R2,082 Discovery Miles 20 820 Save R842 (29%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Phases in the Religion of Ancient Rome (Hardcover): Cyril Bailey Phases in the Religion of Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
Cyril Bailey
R1,948 Discovery Miles 19 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1932.

Religion (Heidentum: Roemische Religion, Allgemeines) (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.): Wolfgang Haase Religion (Heidentum: Roemische Religion, Allgemeines) (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.)
Wolfgang Haase
R14,836 Discovery Miles 148 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Religion (Heidentum: Die religioesen Verhaltnisse in den Provinzen [Forts.]) (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014): Wolfgang Haase Religion (Heidentum: Die religioesen Verhaltnisse in den Provinzen [Forts.]) (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014)
Wolfgang Haase
R11,386 Discovery Miles 113 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

AUFSTIEG UND NIEDERGANG DER ROEMISCHEN WELT (ANRW) is a work of international cooperation in the field of historical scholarship. Its aim is to present all important aspects of the ancient Roman world, as well as its legacy and continued influence in medieval and modern times. Subjects are dealt with in individual articles written in the light of present day research. The work is divided into three parts: I. From the Origins of Rome to the End of the Republic II. The Principate III. Late Antiquity Each part consists of six systematic sections, which occasionally overlap: 1. Political History, 2. Law, 3. Religion, 4. Language and Literature, 5. Philosophy and the Sciences, 6. The Arts. ANRW is organized as a handbook. It is a survey of Roman Studies in the broadest sense, and includes the history of the reception and influence of Roman Culture up to the present time. The individual contributions are, depending on the nature of the subject, either concise presentations with bibliography, problem and research reports, or representative investigations covering broad areas of subjects. Approximately one thousand scholars from thirty-five nations are collaborating on this work. The articles appear in German, English, French or Italian. As a work for study and reference, ANRW is an indispensable tool for research and academic teaching in the following disciplines: Ancient, Medieval and Modern History; Byzantine and Slavonic Studies; Classical, Medieval Latin Romance and Oriental Philology; Classical, Oriental and Christian Archaeology and History of Art; Legal Studies; Religion and Theology, especially Church History and Patristics. In preparation: Part II, Vol. 26,4: Religion - Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Neues Testament - Sachthemen, Fortsetzung Part II, Vol. 37,4: Wissenschaften: Medizin und Biologie, Fortsetzung. For further information about the project and to view the table of contents of earlier volumes please visit http://www.bu.edu/ict/anrw/index.html To search key words in the table of contents of all published volumes please refer to the search engine at http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/biblio/anrw.html

The Prose Edda (Paperback): Jesse Byock The Prose Edda (Paperback)
Jesse Byock 1
R301 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales are peopled by giants, dwarves, and elves, superhuman heroes and indomitable warrior queens. Its gods live with the tragic knowledge of their own impending destruction in the cataclysmic battle of Ragnarok. Its time scale spans the eons from the world's creation to its violent end. This robust new translation captures the magisterial sweep and startling psychological
complexity of the Old Icelandic original.First time in Penguin ClassicsIncludes an introduction; explanatory notes; glossary; appendices on the Norse cosmos, language, and sources, a map; genealogical tables; suggestions for further reading

Beowulf and the North before the Vikings (Paperback, New edition): Tom Shippey Beowulf and the North before the Vikings (Paperback, New edition)
Tom Shippey
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Mythology of the American Nations - An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Gods, Heroes, Spirits and Sacred Places, Rituals and... Mythology of the American Nations - An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Gods, Heroes, Spirits and Sacred Places, Rituals and Ancient Beliefs of the North American Indian, Inuit, Aztec, Inca and Maya Nations (Paperback)
Brian Molyneaux, David Lewis Jones
R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

From the earliest times, people have told stories of allpowerful gods and goddesses, mighty spirits and fabulous creatures to explain the mysteries of life. This book explores the rich diversity of these legendary themes within North America, Mesoamerica and South America. An instantly accessible A-to-Z format provides concise, easy-to-locate entries on more than 900 key characters, enabling the reader to discover who is who in the mythology of the Americas. This book is a rich source of information for learning about and understanding the myths and religions of the indigenous inhabitants of the American continents.

Death and Burial in the Roman World (Paperback, New Ed): J.M.C. Toynbee Death and Burial in the Roman World (Paperback, New Ed)
J.M.C. Toynbee
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem--Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. First, Toynbee examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms where family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.

Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture (Paperback, New edition): Bernhard Maier Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture (Paperback, New edition)
Bernhard Maier
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The definitive reference work on this topic. (The author takes) the Celtic world to include both the European continent and the more recent settlements in the British Isles. The entries, admirably broad in scope, conceive religion and culture as including not only the usual gods and myths but shamanic practices and totems. Maier also provides entries for important scholars of Celtic culture.'/ CHOICE

Die nichtpriesterliche Josephsgeschichte (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2018 ed.): Hans-Christoph Schmitt Die nichtpriesterliche Josephsgeschichte (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2018 ed.)
Hans-Christoph Schmitt
R3,838 Discovery Miles 38 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of Religious Change (Hardcover, New edition): Eric Shane Bryan Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of Religious Change (Hardcover, New edition)
Eric Shane Bryan
R3,448 Discovery Miles 34 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Studien Zum Buch Tobit (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.): Merten Rabenau Studien Zum Buch Tobit (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.)
Merten Rabenau
R4,172 Discovery Miles 41 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Old Society, New Belief - Religious transformation of China and Rome, ca. 1st-6th Centuries (Hardcover): Mu-chou Poo, H.A.... Old Society, New Belief - Religious transformation of China and Rome, ca. 1st-6th Centuries (Hardcover)
Mu-chou Poo, H.A. Drake, Lisa Raphals
R2,620 Discovery Miles 26 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the first century of the Common Era, two new belief systems entered long-established cultures with radically different outlooks and values: missionaries started to spread the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth in Rome and the Buddha in China. Rome and China were not only ancient cultures, but also cultures whose elites felt no need to receive the new beliefs. Yet a few centuries later the two new faiths had become so well-established that their names were virtually synonymous with the polities they had entered as strangers. Although there have been numerous studies addressing this phenomenon in each field, the difficulty of mastering the languages and literature of these two great cultures has prevented any sustained effort to compare the two influential religious traditions at their initial period of development. This book brings together specialists in the history and religion of Rome and China with a twofold aim. First, it aims to show in some detail the similarities and differences each religion encountered in the process of merging into a new cultural environment. Second, by juxtaposing the familiar with the foreign, it also aims to capture aspects of this process that could otherwise be overlooked. This approach is based on the general proposition that, when a new religious belief begins to make contact with a society that has already had long honored beliefs, certain areas of contention will inevitably ensue and changes on both sides have to take place. There will be a dynamic interchange between the old and the new, not only on the narrowly defined level of "belief," but also on the entire cultural body that nurtures these beliefs. Thus, this book aims to reassess the nature of each of these religions, not as unique cultural phenomena but as part of the whole cultural dynamics of human societies.

Greek and Roman Religions (Hardcover): RI Denova Greek and Roman Religions (Hardcover)
RI Denova
R2,486 Discovery Miles 24 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Offers an introduction to the basic beliefs, practices, and major deities of Greek and Roman religions A volume in the Blackwell Ancient Religions, Greek and Roman Religions offers an authoritative overview of the region's ancient religious practices. The author--a noted expert in the field--explores the presence of divinity in all aspects of ancient life and highlights the origins of myth, religious authority, institutions, beliefs, rituals, sacred texts, and ethics. Comprehensive in scope, the text focuses on myriad aspects that constitute Greco-Roman culture such as economic class, honor and shame, and slavery as well as the religious role of each member of the family. The integration of ethnic and community identity with divine elements are highlighted in descriptions of religious festivals. Greek and Roman Religions presents the evolution of ideas concerning death and the afterlife and the relation of death to concepts of ultimate justice. The author also offers insight into the elements of ancient religions that remain important in our contemporary quest for meaning. This vital text: Offers a comprehensive review of ancient Greek and Roman religions and their institutions, beliefs, rituals, and more Examines how the Roman culture and religions borrowed from the Greek traditions Explores the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin Contains suggestions at the end of each chapter for further reading that include both traditional studies and more recent examinations of topical issues Written for students of ancient religions and religious studies, this important resource provides an overview of the ancient culture and history of the general region as well as the basic background of Greek and Roman civilizations.

World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback): David A. Leeming World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
David A. Leeming
R297 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The mythologies of the world are collective cultural dreams, and as such should be analyzed first from cultural perspectives. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, however, mythologies reveal certain universal themes or motifs that point to larger trans-cultural issues such as the place of the human species in creation or the nature of deity as a concept. World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction is organized around the universal motifs. Creation, the Flood, the Hero Quest, the Trickster/Culture Hero, the Pantheons, the High God, the Great Goddess. Veteran mythology scholar David Leeming examines examples of each motif from a variety of cultures-Greek, Egyptian, Norse, American Indian, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu-treating them as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them. He compares and analyzes them, exposing their universal significance and creating a "world mythology."

Illustrated A-z of Classic Mythology (Hardcover): Arthur Cotterell Illustrated A-z of Classic Mythology (Hardcover)
Arthur Cotterell
R591 R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is a comprehensive reference source to the ancient world's most fascinating mythologies. It is a visual dictionary with 1000 entries and more than 600 fine-art images. It covers every aspect of Classical, Celtic and Norse mythology, folklore and legend, bringing the past to life. It is a lively and informed narrative by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. Special spreads compare and contrast key mythological and archetypal themes in the different cultures. Hundreds of beautiful images highlight every aspect of these heroic characters and their tales, from the Olympian Gods to the Nordic warriors and nature gods of the Celts. This encyclopedia of mythology brings together the three outstanding traditions of Europe: the Classical legends of ancient Greece and Rome; the fairytale myths of the Celtic world; and from Northern Europe, tales of Germanic gods, Nordic warriors and giants. They form the core of European mythological thought, revealing the power of love in Helen of Troy, the mystery of death in the tale of King Arthur and the challenge of the unknown in the voyages of Brendan the Navigator. Pictorial features focus on recurring mythological themes, such as Oracles, Magic, Voyages, Heroes, and Spells, making this book universal in theme and timeless in appeal. The A-Z structure of the book makes it easy to find hundreds of characters, significant events, locations and sites of interest, stories and symbols.

The Shrine of Eileithyia, Minoan Goddess of Childbirth and Motherhood, at the Inatos Cave in Southern Crete - Volume I: The... The Shrine of Eileithyia, Minoan Goddess of Childbirth and Motherhood, at the Inatos Cave in Southern Crete - Volume I: The Egyptian-Type Artifacts (Hardcover)
Gunther Holbl; Edited by Philip Betancourt, Athanasia Kanta, Costis Davaras; Contributions by Konstantinos Chalikias
R2,719 Discovery Miles 27 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume provides a catalogue of the ancient Egyptian imports and Egyptianising artifacts found in 1962 during the excavation of a cave near Tsoutsouros (ancient Inatos), Crete, Greece. The cave was a sanctuary dedicated to the Minoan and Greek goddess Eileithyia, the little known goddess of childbirth and motherhood whose offerings depict pregnant women, women in labour, and couples embracing, among other motifs. The Aegyptiaca of the Minoan and Mycenaean eras on Crete signify the political and economic relations between the Aegean rulers and the Egyptian royal court. Several of the objects are Egyptian scarabs, which certainly represent official Egyptian-Cretan affairs, especially those dating from the reign of Amenophis III to the end of the eighteenth Dynasty. Many of the objects catalogued come from the 10th to 7th centuries BC, linked to veneration of the goddess of childbirth and motherhood. The volume is illustrated with colour photographs depicting statuettes, seals, and vessels found at the site.

Omens and Oracles - Divination in Ancient Greece (Hardcover): Matthew Dillon Omens and Oracles - Divination in Ancient Greece (Hardcover)
Matthew Dillon
R5,711 Discovery Miles 57 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Addressing the role which divination played in ancient Greek society, this volume deals with various forms of prophecy and how each was utilised and for what purpose. Chapters bring together key types of divining, such as from birds, celestial phenomena, the entrails of sacrificed animals and dreams. Oracular centres delivered prophetic pronouncements to enquirers, but in addition, there were written collections of oracles in circulation. Many books were available on how to interpret dreams, the birds and entrails, and divination as a religious phenomenon attracted the attention of many writers. Expert diviners were at the heart of Greek prophecy, whether these were Apollo's priestesses delivering prose or verse answers to questions put to them by consultants, diviners known as manteis, who interpreted entrails and omens, the chresmologoi, who sang the many oracles circulating orally or in writing, or dream interpreters. Divination was utilised not only to foretell the future but also to ensure that the individual or state employing divination acted in accordance with that divinely prescribed future; it was employed by all and had a crucial role to play in what courses of action both states and individuals undertook. Specific attention is paid in this volume not only to the ancient written evidence, but to that of inscriptions and papyri, with emphasis placed on the iconography of Greek divination.

Norse Mythology - A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation (Standard format, CD, Unabridged edition): Neil Gaiman Norse Mythology - A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation (Standard format, CD, Unabridged edition)
Neil Gaiman; Read by Full Cast, Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi, Natalie Dormer, …
R390 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A full-cast dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's magical retellings of the Norse myths, inviting us into a world of gods and monsters, tricks and trust, fiery endings and new beginnings Winner of The London Book Fair CAMEO Award 2020 for Book to Audio adaptation. 'And the game begins anew...' Meet the trickster god Loki and his astonishing children - the giant wolf Fenrir, Jormungundr the snake that encircles the world, and Hel, the little girl who grows up to be Queen of the dead. Here, too, is Odin the all-father, who sacrificed his eye to see the future; Thor the thunderer, who defends Asgard with his fearsome strength and mighty hammer; and Freya the understandably angry, most beautiful of the gods and always being gambled for by unwanted suitors. From the beginning of the universe in fire and ice, to the very end of the world, Ragnarok, these enthralling tales of gods, goddesses, dwarves and giants bring the ancient myths to vigorous life. Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi, Colin Morgan, Natalie Dormer and Neil Gaiman himself are among the stellar cast in these spellbinding stories of old betrayals - and new hope.

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