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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956392803321

Titolo

Rituals : types, efficacy and myths / / Etalon De Smet and Frédérique Bauwens, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-61470-657-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Religion and spirituality

Altri autori (Persone)

De SmetEtalon

BauwensFrédérique

Disciplina

203/.8

Soggetti

Rites and ceremonies

Ritualism

Ritual

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rituals in Greek caves : from modern case studies to ancient sources / Evy Johanne Haland -- Transition into an age of supported independence : a rite of passage? / Beatrice Hale, Patrick Barrett ... [et al.] -- Ritual complexes of north-west Siberia in XVII-XVIII centuries : (according to archaeological data) / Oleg Kardash -- Ritual healing : a history of its development and proliferation in Brazil / Sidney M. Greenfield -- The myth of Ayahuasca / Janine Tatjana Schmid -- The cult of the horse in the Sakha religious and ritual practice of the 19th century / Svetlana Ivanovna Petrova, M.K. Ammosov.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents current research in the study of the types, efficacy and myths of ritualistic behaviors. Topics gathered by the authors from across the globe include the modern case studies of ancient Greek cave rituals; rituals marking transitions between different life stages in the elderly; ritual complexes of North-West Siberia in the 17th-18th centuries; healing rituals of Brazil; the myth of the ayahuasca ritual in Europe and the cult of the horse in the Sakha religious and ritual practice of the 19th century.