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

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 203/.8
• Soggetto topico: Rites and ceremonies; Ritualism; Ritual
• Altri autori: De SmetEtalon BauwensFrédérique
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rituals
• ISBN: 1-61470-657-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910956392803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and spirituality series.