Schweizerisches Archiv für Volkskunde, 1897, Vol. 1: Vierteljahrsschrift (Classic Reprint)
by Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer
Zuni Fetiches (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
by Frank Hamilton Cushing
'The imagination has its sanctuaries, too.' High up in the Hindu Kush, between the ancient pagan Kalash people and the new medievalists of the Taliban, a charismatic young Spaniard, Jordi Magraner, made his home, mastering the local languages and customs before meeting his death in the most mysterious way. In this magisterial book, Gabi Martinez sets off in Jordi's footsteps to the land of the giants in order to try to solve the riddle of this murder and of Jordi's life. Jordi Magraner was a bri...
Real-Encyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Vol. 2: In Alphabetischer Ordnung (Classic Reprint)
by August Pauly
The Complete Folktales of A.N. Afanas'ev, Volume I
The folktales of A. N. Afanas'ev represent the largest single collection of folktales in any European language and perhaps in the world. Widely regarded as the Russian Grimm, Afanas'ev collected folktales from throughout the Russian Empire in what are now regarded as the three East Slavic languages, Byelorusian, Russian, and Ukrainian. The result of his own collecting, the collecting of friends and correspondents, and in a few cases his publishing of works from earlier and forgotten collections...
C. A. Böttiger's Kleine Schriften Archäologischen und Antiquarischen Inhalts, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
by Karl August Böttiger
Erklärte Offenbarung Johannis, oder Vielmehr Jesu Christi: Aus dem Revidirten Grund-Text Übersetzet Durch die Prophetische Zahlen Aufgeschlossen und Allen, die auf das Werk und Wort des Herrn Achten, und Dem, Was Vor der Thür Ist, Würdiglich Entgegen zu K
by Johann Albrecht Bengel
La romanisation des dieux (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, #158)
by Alain Cadotte
Heirs to the Punic and Berber traditions, the North Africans, once conquered by the Romans and willing to show respect for their new masters' gods, did not want to forsake their beloved ancestral deities and solved this dilemma by giving Roman names to their traditional gods, who nevertheless kept most of their former natures. This phenomenon, known as interpretatio romana, resulted in an interpenetration of both religious universes, each being enriched in the process. Roman African gods thus co...
Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Rage and Ravage is the third installment of a milestone project in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism—specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard Faure introduces readers to medieval Japanese religiosity and shows the centrality of the gods in religious discourse and ritual; in doing so he moves away from the usual textual, historical, and so...
First Published in 1969. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors or Christianity Before Christ
by Kersey Graves
Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd and Neighbouring Parishes
by Rev Elias Owen