Dying For The Gods
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Dying For The Gods
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Author : Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green
language : en
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
Release Date : 2001
Dying For The Gods written by Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green and has been published by Tempus Publishing, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Explains "the nature of sacrifice in antiquity" and "different aspects of the subject: the notion of flesh for the gods; rites of fire and blood; the significance of defleshing heads and of skulls; suffocation ... ; the selection of victims and the evidence for the sacrifice of children." Author "puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how" certain practices "illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite" and "highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder."--Jacket.
Dying For The Gods
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Author : Miranda Aldhouse Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-07-01
Dying For The Gods written by Miranda Aldhouse Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-01 with categories.
The notion that human sacrifice and even cannibalism could be considered a holy act is inconceivable. Yet there is strong evidence for human sacrifice in NW Europe. This is the challenge of this original, but often disturbing book. Having explained the nature of sacrifice in antiquity, Green looks at the different aspects of the subject: the notion of flesh for the gods; rites of fire and blood; suffocation, whether by drowning, strangling or burying alive; the significance of de-fleshing heads and of skulls; the selection of victims, and the evidence for the sacrifice of children. The multiple deposits of bog-bodies at sites like Tollund and Lindow illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite. Highlights the role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder. Illus.
Dying Gods In Twentieth Century Fiction
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Author : Kathy J. Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Dying Gods In Twentieth Century Fiction written by Kathy J. Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Literary Criticism categories.
Twilight Of The God
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Author : Patrick Boal
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-04-18
Twilight Of The God written by Patrick Boal and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-18 with categories.
As Cameron O'Donnel, the Lord of Summer and the current Dying God, faces the clock ticking down to his sacrificial death, he and his lover the priestess Rhiannon Rowan flee their Welsh valley on a desperate quest to find the mythic, life giving, Lapis Exillis. Counting down the days until his death, pursued by mysterious Germanic forces, Rhiannon and Cameron tumble into a world of obscure clues, Arthurian tales, violence, Jungians, and fine dining.This novel is a sequel to Dying Gods but stands on its own as a classic quest story.
We Are Dying Gods
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Author : C. M. Lockhart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-08-29
We Are Dying Gods written by C. M. Lockhart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-29 with Fiction categories.
The second book in a fantasy series about a group of assassins who must work together to lead a rebellion against the queendom and save their dying gods from destruction.
The Riddle Of Resurrection
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Author : Tryggve N. D. Mettinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Riddle Of Resurrection written by Tryggve N. D. Mettinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Assyro-Babylonian religion categories.
Atlantis The Gods Of Antiquity And The Myth Of The Dying God
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Author : Manly P. Hall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-11
Atlantis The Gods Of Antiquity And The Myth Of The Dying God written by Manly P. Hall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-11 with categories.
In the Critias, Plato describes in detail the divine foundation of the Atlantean Empire. The golden age preserved in myth and legend, when the gods walked with men, depicts the zenith of Atlantean civilization. The demigods of the ancient world were the Atlanteans, to whom every civilized nation owes an incalculable debt of gratitude.
Drown The Sea
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Author : Elisha Kemp
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2022-06-24
Drown The Sea written by Elisha Kemp and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-24 with categories.
Adrienne had everything. The friends, the clothes, the college acceptance letter - not to mention a healthy social calendar. Then one stupid mistake has her packing her bags to spend the summer with her estranged mom in Santorini. Adrienne is determined to make the best out of her forced holiday until the date from hell results in her getting attacked, nearly drowning, then rescued by a bunch of seafaring cosplayers. Because what else could explain the Bronze Age-era boat full of shirtless, loincloth-wearing men? Now, if only there was a way to explain the complete lack of technology, the insurmountable language barrier, or the fact that everyone is staring at her like she's from another planet... Drown the Sea is the first book in the Dying Gods series. It is a slow burn historical time-travel reverse harem romance suitable for readers 18+
The Death Of The Gods
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Author : Carl Miller
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-08-23
The Death Of The Gods written by Carl Miller and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-23 with Political Science categories.
**Winner of the Transmission Prize 2019** THE OLD GODS ARE DYING. Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet. NEW IDOLS ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE. More crime now happens online than offline. Facebook has grown bigger than any state, bots battle elections, coders write policy, and algorithms shape our lives in more ways than we can imagine. The Death of the Gods is an exploration of power in the digital age, and a journey in search of the new centres of control. From a cyber-crime raid in British suburbia to the engine rooms of Silicon Valley, pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller traces how power is being transformed, fought over, lost and won. ‘A timely and incisive book that grapples with some of the most significant issues of our time.’ Wired 'Uncovers the fascinating and often hidden characters that are changing the world. Essential reading.' Jamie Bartlett, author of The People vs Tech ‘A magisterial guide to the impact of the digital revolution on our institutions and our lives.’ Anthony Giddens
Dying And Rising Gods
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Author : Nogah Ayali-Darshan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-04-25
Dying And Rising Gods written by Nogah Ayali-Darshan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-25 with History categories.
The present book is a contribution to the study of the origins and development of the dying and rising god mythologem in the second millennium BCE. As outlined in the Introduction, since the publication of James G. Frazer's research towards the end of the nineteenth century, the scholarship has dealt extensively and continuously with the influential mythologem of the dying and rising god. The study follows this mythologem in its narrow definition (as adapted twenty years ago, particularly by Tryggve N.D. Mettinger), aiming to fill a lacuna in previous studies on this topic. Its objective is to trace the mythologem's origins and its dissemination route amongst the ancient Near Eastern cultures. To this end, the study examines the earliest texts attesting to the mythologem in question, all from West Asia of the second millennium BCE, including Mesopotamia, Mari, Ugarit and another Northwest Semitic culture reflected in a Hittite text. As it turns out, along with the few early texts that describe the return from the netherworld of a god who had been killed, many others attest to a different sort of a mythologem; namely, the death of a god without his revival. The scholarship of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries led many scholars through the present day to consider this variant as a part of the complex mythologem of a god dying and being resurrected. However, the extant evidence presented in this study demonstrates that the distribution of the revival concept in its early years was in fact limited. Moreover, influenced by early scholarship, many scholars regard the Mesopotamian god Dumuzi as the most dominant among the gods who had died and risen from the dead. As such, it is commonly argued that Dumuzi's qualities influenced the depiction of other gods, like Baal and later Adonis. However, the extant evidence discussed in this study disproves this assumption. While the concept of a rising god is hardly present in the numerous unearthed Mesopotamian texts, the sparse evidence originating in Levantine cultures seems to indicate an ongoing familiarity with the mythologem of the dying and rising god, whose protagonist in the second millennium BCE appears to be Baal the Storm God.