Search for dissertations about: "cult of the gods"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words cult of the gods.

2. 1. The Stick and the Calabash : Building gods in Bahian Candomblé

   Author : Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen; Mattias Gardell; Inger Sjørslev; Diana Espírito Santo; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Afro-Brazilian religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Abstract : Practitioners of the Brazilian religion Candomblé frequently explain syncretism with a myth about how slaves camouflaged the cult of their embodied African gods behind the worship of icons of Catholic saints. The myth is multivalent and here I try to see it as a mapping of how Candomblistas operate hybridity in their construction of deities. READ MORE

4. 2. The sacrificial rituals of Greek hero-cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods

   Author : Gunnel Ekroth; Robert Parker; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greek religion; hero-cults; Archiac; Classical; animal sacrifice; libation; theoxenia; blood; holocaust; altar; cult of the dead; cult of the gods; ritual dining; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

   Abstract : This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods (c. 700-300 BC) as consisting mainly in holocausts, rituals focusing on the blood of the animal victim and the presentation of meals, and rarely in thysia sacrifices followed by collective dining. READ MORE

5. 3. Gates and Gods. Cults in the City Gates of Iron Age Palestine. An Investigation of the Archaeological and Biblical Sources

   Author : Tina Haettner Blomquist; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 2 Kgs 23:8; 15-16; 1 Kgs 22:10-12; 22-25; 18-19; 1 Sam 9:12-14; Num 5:11-31; Exod 22:6-11; Yotvata; Horvat Uza; Timna Site 30; Horvat Teman; Horvat Radum; Tell en-Nasbeh; Mezad Hazeva; Megiddo; Lachish; Tell el-Farah North; Dan; Chinnereth; Bethsaida; Beersheba; Palestine; Iron Age; cult; religion; archaeology; Old Testament; Bible; Hebrew Bible; Ezek 8:3; 5; Ezek 16:24; 31.; Bibelvetenskap;

   Abstract : The present study deals with the question of cult locales in city gate contexts in Iron Age Palestine. Both archaeological and biblical sources are analysed in order to determine the presence of gate cult locales and indicate some directions of interpretation. READ MORE

6. 4. With Gods as Neighbours : Extra-temenal activity at Greek rural sanctuaries, 700–200 BCE

   Author : Axel Frejman; Gunnel Ekroth; Karl-Johan Lindholm; Erika Weiberg; Yannis Lolos; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greek rural sanctuaries; extra-temenal; temenos; commons; Labraunda; Sinuri; Nemea.; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates so-called extra-temenal areas at Greek rural sanctuaries 700–200 BCE. Extra-temenal areas are defined as areas located outside the temenos, which have a functional, administrative and conceptual connection to the sanctuary. READ MORE

7. 5. Greek incubation rituals in Classical and Hellenistic times

   Author : Hedvig von Ehrenheim; Gunnel Ekroth; Bronwen Wickkiser; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; classical; Arkeologi; klassisk; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

   Abstract : This study documents and analyzes the structure and function of Greek incubation rituals in Classical and Hellenistic times. The first part (Chapter 2) examines all relevant literary and epigraphical testimonia concerning the rites and rules surrounding incubation. READ MORE