Water in the cultic worship of Isis and Sarapis /

Water in the cultic worship of Isis and Sarapis /

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Main Author: Wild, Robert A. 1940-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 1981.

Series: Études préliminaires aux religions orientales dans l'Empire romain 87.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

Subjects:

Isis > (Egyptian deity) > Cult.
Isis > (Egyptian deity)
Water > Religious aspects.
Serapis (Egyptian deity) > Cult.
Cults.

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Call Number: BL450 .W54 1981

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OVERVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE
  • THE NILE WATER CRYPTS
  • OTHER TYPES OF FIXED NILE WATER CONTAINERS
  • WHY NILE WATER? 1. EVIDENCE FROM THE CRYPTS
  • WHY NILE WATER? 2. EVIDENCE FROM OUTSIDE THE CULT
  • WHY NILE WATER? 3. THE OSIRIS EVIDENCE
  • ABLUTION FACILITIES AND RITUALS
  • EGYPTIANIZING THE CULT OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS
  • SURVEY OF THE SITES
  • OTHER TYPES OF CRYPTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CULT
  • NOTES
  • INDICES
  • LIST OF PLATES
  • PLATES I-XXX AND MAP.