The power of the bull /

The power of the bull /

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Main Author: Rice, Michael, 1928-2013 (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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Bulls > Mythology.
Bulls > Religious aspects.

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Call Number: BL2443 .B8 R53 1998

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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The Origins of the Bull-cult. 1. The Bull-cult in the Ancient World. 2. The Nature of the Cult. 3. The Mind of Man. 4. The Bull as Sacrificial Victim. Pt. II. The Realm of the Bull. 5. The Bull and the Upper Palaeolithic Hunters. 6. Settlement, Domestication and Urbanization. 7. Catal Huyuk and the Bull in Anatolia. 8. The Bull in Mesopotamia. 9. The Bull in Persia. 10. The Royal and Divine Bull of Egypt. 11. The Bull in the Eastern Mediterranean. 12. Arabia and the 'Islands of the Bulls'. 13. Crete and the Bull-games. 14. The Bull and Europa. 15. The Bull in Cyprus. Pt. III. The Legacy of the Bull. 16. The Bull and the Boys. 17. Man-bull, Bull-man. 18. The Bull in Splendour and in Shame.