{"product_id":"indo-european-fire-rituals-anders-kaliff-9781032292984","title":"Indo-European Fire Rituals: Cattle and Cultivation, Cremation and Cosmogony","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndo-European Fire Rituals\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anders Kaliff,Terje Oestigaard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032292989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032292984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Anders Kaliff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452661776639,"sku":"9781032292984","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b717a5c9-937f-452a-8193-4ad6f1dddc3a.jpg?v=1761929769","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indo-european-fire-rituals-anders-kaliff-9781032292984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}