03098oam 2200637I 450 991045485120332120200520144314.01-134-81022-91-280-33375-897866103337520-203-01177-50-203-17029-610.4324/9780203011775 (CKB)111056485523870(EBL)165395(OCoLC)71348373(SSID)ssj0000150520(PQKBManifestationID)11149107(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150520(PQKBWorkID)10280445(PQKB)11007648(MiAaPQ)EBC165395(Au-PeEL)EBL165395(CaPaEBR)ebr10054142(CaONFJC)MIL33375(OCoLC)49414959(EXLCZ)9911105648552387020180331d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEuropean paganism the realities of cult from antiquity to the Middle Ages /Ken DowdenLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (390 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-47463-9 0-415-12034-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-347) and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; How to use this book; Authors and events: a time-chart; Approaching paganism; Dividing the landscape; Focus I: spring, lake, river; Focus II: stone and tree; Area I: land; Area II: growth; Technology: statues, shrines and temples; Christian paganism; Pagan rite; Pagan time; A few aspects of gods; Priests; Cradle to grave; Unity is the Thing; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Primary literature: general information and where to find a text and translation; Secondary literature; Indexes; Index nominum Igods, mythic entities and festivalsIndex nominum II; (real) persons, peoples and places; Index rerum; topics and themes; Index auctorum; modern authorsEuropean Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent.Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing the unpolluted rivers and mountains? In European Paganism Ken Dowden outlines and analyses the diverse aspects of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice to pilgrimage lunar festivals and tree worship. It includes:* a 'timelines' chart to aid with chronology* manyPaganismEuropeHistoryEuropeReligionElectronic books.PaganismHistory.200/.94Dowden Ken1950,183065MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454851203321European paganism2097310UNINA