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Page 279
... cult of the " great mother " goddess and the " divine virgin , " a development that led all the way from the old popular religions of Babylonia and Assyria to the mystery cults of the late Hellenistic period . Despite the unfavourable ...
... cult of the " great mother " goddess and the " divine virgin , " a development that led all the way from the old popular religions of Babylonia and Assyria to the mystery cults of the late Hellenistic period . Despite the unfavourable ...
Page 295
... cult of relics through the alleged discovery of the holy cross . Constantine built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem ( 335 ) and the Church of the Nativity over the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem . The numerous other ...
... cult of relics through the alleged discovery of the holy cross . Constantine built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem ( 335 ) and the Church of the Nativity over the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem . The numerous other ...
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... cult dances of Egypt had their equivalent in the Cretan bull dance of about 1400 BC . It inspired the labyrinthine dances that , according to legends , Theseus brought to Athens on his return with the liberated youths and maidens ...
... cult dances of Egypt had their equivalent in the Cretan bull dance of about 1400 BC . It inspired the labyrinthine dances that , according to legends , Theseus brought to Athens on his return with the liberated youths and maidens ...
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