Homo Necans Walter Burkert

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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 study examines this question.

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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert

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

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ISBN 13

9780520058750

ISBN 10

0520058755

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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert

Author

Walter Burkert

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Paperback

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University of California Press

Year published

1986-11-20

Number of pages

360

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Homo Necans Walter Burkert

Homo Necans by Walter Burkert

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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert

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