The religious Nile : water, ritual and society since ancient Egypt /

"The Nile is arguably the most famous river in the world. For millennia, the search for its source defeated emperors and explorers. Yet the search for its source also contained a religious quest - a search for the origin of its divine and life-giving waters. Terje Oestigaard reveals how the bel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oestigaard, Terje (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
Subjects:
Rivers > Religious aspects.
Rivers > Africa > History.
Cours d'eau > Afrique > Histoire.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Rivers
Rivers > Religious aspects
Nile River > History.
Nil (Fleuve) > Histoire.
Africa
Nile River
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Sources of Religion
  • Chapter 2: The Source of the Blue Nile and Lake Tana in Ethiopia
  • Chapter 3: From Lake Victoria to Murchison Falls in Uganda
  • Chapter 4: Sources in the Sky and Rainmaking
  • Chapter 5: The River Civilization in the Desert
  • Chapter 6: Water and World Religions along the Nile
  • Index.

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