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Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology & Practice Hardcover - 1991 - 1st Edition
by Bruce Lincoln
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- Title Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology & Practice
- Author Bruce Lincoln
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 312
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
- Date 1991-08
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226481999 / 0226481999
- Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.28 x 0.84 in (23.72 x 15.95 x 2.13 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects War - Religious aspects, Death - Religious aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90026902
- Dewey Decimal Code 291.13
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Death, war, and sacrifice : studies in ideology and practice / foreword by Wendy Doniger
by Lincoln, Bruce
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Indo-European religions: an introduction -- PART ONE: DEATH AND FUNERARY GEOGRAPHY IN INDO-EUROPEAN MYTH: On the imagery of paradise -- The lord of the dead -- Waters of memory, waters of forgetfulness -- The ferryman of the dead -- Mithra(s) as sun and savior -- The hellhound -- The house of clay -- The two paths -- PART TWO: WAR, SACRIFICE, AND THE SCIENCE OF THE BODY: Homeric lyssa: ""Wolfish rage"" -- War and warriors: an overview -- Warriors and non-herdsmen: a response to Mary Boyce -- Sacrificial ideology and Indo-European society -- The Druids and human sacrifice -- On the Scythian royal…
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