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Night's Black Agents - Witches, Wizards and the Dead in the Ancient World (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,955
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Night's Black Agents - Witches, Wizards and the Dead in the Ancient World (Hardcover): Daniel Ogden

Night's Black Agents - Witches, Wizards and the Dead in the Ancient World (Hardcover)

Daniel Ogden

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The supernatural lore of Ancient Greece and Rome is vividly brought to life in these pages.The literature of Classical antiquity bristles with horrible witches, mysterious wizards, terrifying ghosts, magic books, curses, voodoo-dolls, even werewolves, vampires and Frankenstein's monsters. Many of these tales have directly shaped our own culture's lore of magic and ghosts, and consequently, these tales speak to us today with great immediacy.This book covers a period of over a thousand years that witnessed some massive historical and cultural changes, including the advent of Christianity. Ancient culture was generally conservative and this is particularly true of its notions of ghosts and witches, which are strongly bound up with traditional tales and folklore of various kinds. Such tales preserve and conserve ideas about ghosts and witchcraft, and they survive to achieve this effect precisely because they are wonderfully engaging.

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Imprint: Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2008
First published: July 2008
Authors: Daniel Ogden
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-1-84725-230-2
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN: 1-84725-230-3
Barcode: 9781847252302

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