Religious Chastity - An Ethnological Study (Hardcover)

1913. 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:	May 2010
First published:	May 2010
Authors:	John Main
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	378
ISBN-13:	978-1-161-39458-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms
LSN:	1-161-39458-3
Barcode:	9781161394580

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