Religious Chastity: an Ethnological Study (1913) (Paperback)

Contents: widow asceticism; haunted widow; immolated and suicidal widow; woman as funeral and memorial tribute; widow service; in court circles; widow-priestess; taboo on widow marriage; blood sacrifice of women for divine service; on amorous gods; wife-priestess; priestess wives; vowed offspring; chastity in sympathetic magic; magical virtue of chastity; occasional religious continence; chastity in Gainism and Buddhism; chastity in Christianity; review; bibliography.

General

Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	June 2003
Authors:	John Main
Dimensions:	280 x 210 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	380
ISBN-13:	978-0-7661-6567-0
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with death & bereavement
LSN:	0-7661-6567-1
Barcode:	9780766165670

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