Homo necans : the anthropology of ancient Greek sacrificial ritual and myth : Burkert, Walter, 1931-2015 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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xxv, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This question is examined in Walter Burkert's famous study
Translation of: Homo necans
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307)
Includes indexes
Sacrifice, hunting, and funerary rituals -- Werewolves around the tripod kettle -- Dissolution and New Year's festival -- Anthesteria -- Eleusis