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9780520058750

Homo Necans

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520058750

  • ISBN10:

    0520058755

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1987-02-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This question is examined in Walter Burkert's famous study.

Table of Contents

Translator's Preface Preface to the English Edition List of Illustrations Introduction
Sacrifice, Hunting, and Funerary Rituals
Werewolves around the Tripod Kettle
Dissolution and New Year's Festival
Anthesteria
Eleusis
Abbreviations and
Bibliography
Index
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