Ancient Religions & Mythologies

The Archetype of the Dying and Rising God in World Mythology is the first global treatment of the dying and rising god archetype since that classif...

Politics and diplomacy have always been as much about the social and cultural contexts within which political actors operate as they are about the ...

An introduction to ancient myths and the critical discussions that surround them, this book dives into the stories of pre-modern culture, taking a ...

As this book demonstrates, the cradle of the Mystery Cults of the Goddess and of Western civilization is the Aegean region, an area extending from ...

Seers featured prominently in ancient Greek culture, but they rarely appear in archaic and classical colonial discourse. Margaret Foster exposes th...

For over a thousand years, the practice of animal sacrifice held a central place in ancient Graeco-Roman culture as a means of both demonstrating p...

For the first time, this volume by two leading historians offers a comprehensive study of drawing lots as a central institution of ancient Greek so...

The real origin, and final outcome, of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Foretelling Jacobs Trouble: whose side are you on? unveils the overarchi...

Discover everything youve ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found thei...

How can time become festive? How do festivals manage to make time special, to mark out a certain day or days, to distinguish them from normal, ever...