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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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MODERN GREEK FOLKLORE
AND
ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
London: FETTER LANE, E.C.
C. F. CLAY, MĵƿĵƄŧǡ
Edinburgh: 100, PRINCES STREET
Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO.
Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS
New York: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., LǵŠ.
All rights reserved
MODERN GREEK FOLKLORE
AND
ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION
A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
BY

JOHN CUTHBERT LAWSON, M.A.
FELLOW AND LECTURER OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,
FORMERLY CRAVEN STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
Cambridge:
at the University Press
1910
Cambridge:
PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
PIIS MANIBUS
ROBERTI ALEXANDRI NEIL
LABORUM ADHORTANTE IPSO SUSCEPTORUM
HUNC DEDICAVI FRUCTUM.

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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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