The Burning Saints: Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria
The Anastenaria are Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who observe a unique annual ritual cycle focused on two festivals, dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. The festivals involve processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and culminate in an electrifying fire-walking ritual. Ca...
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Bibliographic Details
| Contributors: |
Xygalatas, Dēmētrēs 1977-
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| Format: | Electronic
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| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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| Published: |
London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Xygalatas, Dimitris, 1977-,The Burning Saints: Cognition and Culture in the Fire-Walking Rituals of the Anastenaria] (2016) (Bräunlein, Peter J., 1956 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Religion, cognition and culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Greece
Religious life and customs
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Fire walking
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Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados
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RELIGION ; Institutions & Organizations
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Fire walking
Greece
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Rites and ceremonies
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Greece
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Rites and ceremonies (Greece)
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Fire walking (Greece)
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RELIGION ; Christian Rituals & Practice ; Worship & Liturgy
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Anastenaria
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Electronic books
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Rites and ceremonies
Greece
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Xygalatas, Dimitris: Burning Saints : Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria. - Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014. - 9781845539764
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