Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia, Volume 2This illustrated reference work covers a wide range of festivals that have sacred origins and are or have been part of a folk tradition, a world religion, or a major civilization. Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia travels around the world and across the centuries to uncover an often unexpected richness of meaning in some of the major sacred festivals of the world's religions, the hallowed calendars of ancient civilizations, and the seasonal celebrations of tribal cultures. From Akitu to Yom Kippur, its 150+ entries look at the content and context of these festivals from a number of perspectives (including those relating to theology, anthropology, folklore, and social theory), tracing their historical development and variations across cultures. Readers will get a vivid sense of what each festival means to the people celebrating it; how each captures its culture's beliefs, hopes and fears, founding myths, and redemptive visions; and how each expresses the universal need of humans to connect their lives to a timeless spiritual dimension. |
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How a Pair of Greek Suicides London : Penguin Books , 2000 . ... a private festival goddess ; while to the Greeks she was Leucothea , concerning only married women — the matrons the “ White Goddess ” worshipped in a wide of Rome .
How a Pair of Greek Suicides London : Penguin Books , 2000 . ... a private festival goddess ; while to the Greeks she was Leucothea , concerning only married women — the matrons the “ White Goddess ” worshipped in a wide of Rome .
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( " Okhi " ) in Greek , so that this holiday is commonly known as Okhi Day . The Greek counterattack was remarkably successful , so much so that Nazi Germany was compelled to send troops to take over from the Italians in invading Greece ...
( " Okhi " ) in Greek , so that this holiday is commonly known as Okhi Day . The Greek counterattack was remarkably successful , so much so that Nazi Germany was compelled to send troops to take over from the Italians in invading Greece ...
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The name of this protector of all altar fires comes from an IndoEuropean root for “ burning , ” like that of her Greek counterpart Hestia ; but whereas Hestia's name was the first one to be invoked in Greek VETERANS DAY See Martinmas ...
The name of this protector of all altar fires comes from an IndoEuropean root for “ burning , ” like that of her Greek counterpart Hestia ; but whereas Hestia's name was the first one to be invoked in Greek VETERANS DAY See Martinmas ...
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