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Indo-European fire rituals : cattle and cultivation, cremation and cosmogony

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概要 "Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the Bronze Age onwards t...o the Vedic origins of cosmos in India and today's cremations on open pyres in Hinduism. Exploring Indo-European fire rituals and sacrifices throughout history and fire in its fundamental role in rites and religious practices, this book analyzes fire rituals as the unifying structure in time and space in Indo-European cultures from the Bronze Age onwards. It asks the question how and why was fire the ultimate power in culture and cosmology? Fire as an agent and divinity was fundamental in all major sacrifices. In Europe, ritual fires in relation to agriculture and fertility may also explain the enigma of cremation. Cremated remains were ground and used in fertility rituals, and ancestral fires played an essential role in metallurgy and the creation of cosmos. Thus, the role of fire rituals in culture and cosmology enables a unique understanding of historic developmental processes. For students and academics studying Indo-European culture history from the Bronze Age onwards, this book has a broad interdisciplinary audience including archaeology, ethnography, folklore, religious and Indo-European studies"--続きを見る
目次 Fire rituals and the Indo-European heritage
Hearts in hearths - Ancestors and deities
Seasonality and fire festivals
Cremation and cultivation in the North
Fires from heaven - The links between East and West
The Indo-Iranian culture and its rituals of
Cremation, sacrifice and cosmogony in Hinduism.
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更新日 2025.08.19