Indo-European Fire Rituals
Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the Bronze Age onwards to the Vedic origins of cosmos in India and today’s cremations on open pyres in Hinduism. Exploring In...
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| author | Kaliff, Anders Oestigaard, Terje |
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| description | Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the Bronze Age onwards to the Vedic origins of cosmos in India and today’s cremations on open pyres in Hinduism. Exploring Indo-European fire rituals and sacrifices throughout history and fire in its fundamental role in rites and religious practices, this book analyses fire rituals as the unifying structure in time and space in Indo-European cultures from the Bronze Age onwards. It asks the question how and why was fire the ultimate power in culture and cosmology? Fire as an agent and divinity was fundamental in all major sacrifices. In Europe, ritual fires in relation to agriculture and fertility may also explain the enigma of cremation. Cremated remains were ground and used in fertility rituals, and ancestral fires played an essential role in metallurgy and the creation of cosmos. Thus, the role of fire rituals in culture and cosmology enables a unique understanding of historic developmental processes. For students and academics studying Indo-European culture history from the Bronze Age onwards, this book has a broad interdisciplinary audience including archaeology, ethnography, folklore, religious and Indo-European studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1637942025-08-05T05:09:51Z Indo-European Fire Rituals Kaliff, Anders Oestigaard, Terje Fire Rituals Fire Altar Bronze Age Vedic Ritual Cremation Fire Andronovo Culture Holy Man Ancient Iranian Gun Powder Vedic Tradition Bronze Age Scandinavia Manikarnika Ghat Beltane Fires Middle Dnieper Cremation Pyre Gonur Depe Corded Ware Culture Fire Festivals Bagmati River Ahura Mazda Vedic Culture R1a Haplogroup Ancient Scandinavian Fire Temple Fire Cult thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKA Archaeological theory Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the Bronze Age onwards to the Vedic origins of cosmos in India and today’s cremations on open pyres in Hinduism. Exploring Indo-European fire rituals and sacrifices throughout history and fire in its fundamental role in rites and religious practices, this book analyses fire rituals as the unifying structure in time and space in Indo-European cultures from the Bronze Age onwards. It asks the question how and why was fire the ultimate power in culture and cosmology? Fire as an agent and divinity was fundamental in all major sacrifices. In Europe, ritual fires in relation to agriculture and fertility may also explain the enigma of cremation. Cremated remains were ground and used in fertility rituals, and ancestral fires played an essential role in metallurgy and the creation of cosmos. Thus, the role of fire rituals in culture and cosmology enables a unique understanding of historic developmental processes. For students and academics studying Indo-European culture history from the Bronze Age onwards, this book has a broad interdisciplinary audience including archaeology, ethnography, folklore, religious and Indo-European studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 2025-08-05T05:09:50Z 2025-08-05T05:09:50Z 2025-08-04T11:31:38Z 2022 book ONIX_20250804T131701_9781000822854_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104943 9781000822854 9781003300915 9781000822878 9781032292939 9781032292984 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163794 eng open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104943/1/9781000822854.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003300915 10.4324/9781003300915 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781000822854 9781003300915 9781000822878 9781032292939 9781032292984 Routledge 224 Oxford open access |
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| topic | Fire Rituals Fire Altar Bronze Age Vedic Ritual Cremation Fire Andronovo Culture Holy Man Ancient Iranian Gun Powder Vedic Tradition Bronze Age Scandinavia Manikarnika Ghat Beltane Fires Middle Dnieper Cremation Pyre Gonur Depe Corded Ware Culture Fire Festivals Bagmati River Ahura Mazda Vedic Culture R1a Haplogroup Ancient Scandinavian Fire Temple Fire Cult thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKA Archaeological theory |
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