Main entry:

Hays, H. R. (Hoffman Reynolds), 1904-1980.

Title & Author:

In the beginnings; early man and his gods.

Publication:

New York, Putnam [1963]

Description:

575 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-558).
Paleolithic Europe. What is religion? ; Skulls and bear cult ; Hunting magic and Venus statuettes ; Painted pebbles -- The Near East. Earth mother and bearded bull ; Divine heroes of the fertile plain ; The one God and the many -- Europe: Neolithic to Iron Age. Picture book without a text ; Earth mother to owl-faced Athena ; Neolithic island cathedrals ; Megalithic missionaries ; Sex, stags and sun ships ; The magic of the otherworld ; The magic of the clan ; Smiling at death ; Binding on both parties -- Asia. Painted pottery and ritual bath ; Despoilers of the cities ; A world of animal shapes ; Oracle bones and grandfather Tuesday -- Africa. The eye of the falcon ; The mantis and his friends ; Spirits of the rain forest ; The tyranny of the tree ; "You will eat grasshoppers ..." ; The divine rain king ; The sacred dung heap ; Souls in stools -- The Pacific. "I am throwing up my headdress ..." ; Rice spirits and severed heads ; The magic of the arrow ; The eternal dream time ; The power of mana ; Status ritual and ancestor skulls ; Journey to the otherworld -- The Americas. The realm of Sedna ; The cannibal at the north end of the world ; The trickster and dictates of the dream ; Dancing gods ; Butterflies and skulls ; Jaguar in the sky ; The golden crocodile ; "I, your food, have come!" ; Big fox and the war of the sexes ; What happened in early religion.

Summary:

Comprehensive study of religious beliefs and practices among primitive peoples the world over throughout the ages.

Subject:

Religion.
religion (discipline)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 80042
Call No.: ID:86-B15147
Status: Available