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Some cults of Greek goddesses and female daemons of Oriental origin / David R. West.

Title
Some cults of Greek goddesses and female daemons of Oriental origin / David R. West.
Author
West, David R.
Publication
Kevelaer : Butzon & Bercker ; Neukirchen-Vluyn : Neukirchener Verlag, 1995.

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Description
xvi, 373 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Alter Orient und Altes Testament ; Bd. 233
Uniform Title
Alter Orient und Altes Testament Bd. 233.
Subject
  • Artemis (Greek deity) > Cult
  • Athena (Greek deity) > Cult
  • Hecate (Greek deity) > Cult
  • Goddesses, Greek
  • Demonology, Semitic
  • Civilization, Mycenaean
  • Civilization, Mycenaean > Semitic influences
  • Mythology, Classical
Note
  • Added title on the cover: Especially in relation to the mythology of goddesses and daemons in the semitic world.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-335) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The archaeological evidence for contact between the Greek and Semitic worlds during the Mycenaean Age -- Semitic influences upon the formation of various Greek nature goddesses in iconography and cult -- The goddess and Athena and other Avian Daemons, including Semitic antecedents of Greek bird, monster and snake motifs -- The Goddess Hekate and related Chthonian Daemons, with antecedents in Semitic Demonolgy.
ISBN
  • 3788714565 (Neukirchener Verl.)
  • 3766698435 (Butzon & Bercker)
LCCN
^^^95126466^//r97
OCLC
32290401
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library