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Indo-European fire rituals : cattle and cultivation, cremation and cosmogony / Anders Kaliff and Terje Oestigaard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaliff, Anders, author.
- Oestigaard, Terje, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fire--Folklore.
- Fire.
- Fire--Symbolic aspects.
- Rites and ceremonies--History.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Indo-Europeans--Social life and customs.
- Indo-Europeans.
- Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies--India.
- Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Bronze age--Scandinavia.
- Bronze age.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Contents:
- Fire rituals and the Indo-European heritage
- Hearts in hearths
- Ancestors and deities
- Seasonality and fire festivals
- Cremation and cultivation in the North
- Fires from heaven
- The links between East and West
- The Indo-Iranian culture and its rituals of
- Cremation, sacrifice and cosmogony in Hinduism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 08, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kaliff, Anders. Indo-European fire rituals
- ISBN:
- 9781003300915
- 100330091X
- 9781000822854
- 1000822850
- Publisher Number:
- 40031566799
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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