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Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals — J. C. Lawson

Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals

J. C. Lawson

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 702 pages

A collection of essays from 1910 in which J. C. Lawson studies modern Greek folklore and its possible links to ancient Greek religion. Drawing on his fieldwork in Greece, he compares customs and beliefs in search of survivals and continuities. It is worth listening to for its careful account of Greek folk tradition and its relation to classical religion.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. Transcriber's Note
  2. MODERN GREEK FOLKLORE AND ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION
  3. PREFACE.
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  5. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
  6. CHAPTER II. THE SURVIVAL OF PAGAN DEITIES.
  7. CHAPTER III. THE COMMUNION OF GODS AND MEN.
  8. CHAPTER IV. THE RELATION OF SOUL AND BODY.
  9. CHAPTER V. CREMATION AND INHUMATION.
  10. CHAPTER VI. THE BENEFIT OF DISSOLUTION.
  11. CHAPTER VII. THE UNION OF GODS AND MEN.
  12. GENERAL INDEX
  13. INDEX OF GREEK WORDS AND PHRASES
  14. FOOTNOTES
  15. Transcriber's Note
  16. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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