Dictionary of Pagan Religions

by Wade Baskin and Harry E. Wedeck

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806503866
• ISBN13: 9780806503868
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

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Dictionary of Pagan Religions by Wedeck

This is a fairly complete rendition of cults, rites, ritualsand customs associated with polytheistic religions. The periodcovered is from the Stone Age upward through the present. Thebook seeks to establish a partial record of the cults whichhave existed since time immortal. Did you know that Acavisris the Etruscan religion? Bard is the name given by the Druids to their poets. Dolmen is a prehistoric monument.Fish weresacred in ancient antiquity.Ginnunga gap is primal chaos from which things originate. Maat in Egypt was the g-d of truth.Nahua is the language of the Aztecs. Trees are manifestationsof fertility. Sarritor is a g-d who presides over raking.Tane is the Polynesian g-d of forests and plants. Yam is the sea.Veles is a Slavic deity who presided over flocks.Turan was agoddess who identified with Aphrodite. Ziu was the g-d of the sky. This book is a must for historians and writers seekingto enhance the descriptive dimension of writing. This workwill be hotly debated by theologians everywhere. It would makea meaningful class project for any student in grade school,high school or college.This work provides an important supplement to world historyand culture. As such, it would be a good purchase fortheologians, world history buffs, world culture enthusiasts,academicians and a wide range of collegiate professionals.

An excellent reference!

This is an excellent reference for pagans and those studying paganis