The Power of the Bull

List of contents

I: The Origins of the Bull-Cult; 1: The Bull-Cult in the Ancient World; 2: The Nature of the Cult; 3: The Mind of Man; 4: The Bull as Sacrificial Victim; II: The Realm of the Bull; 5: The Bull and the Upper Palaeolithic Hunters; 6: Settlement, Domestication and Urbanization; 7: Catal Hüyük and the Bull in Anatolia; 8: The Bull in Mesopotamia; 9: The Bull In Persia; 10: The Royal and Divine Bull of Egypt; 11: The Bull in the Eastern Mediterranean; 12: Arabia and the ‘Islands of the Bulls'; 13: Crete and the Bull-games; 14: The Bull and Europa; 15: The Bull in Cyprus; III: The Legacy of the Bull; 16: The Bull and the Boys; 17: Man-Bull, Bull-Man; 18: The Bull in Splendour and in Shame

Summary

The Power of the Bull examines the remarkable phenomenon of mankind's obsession with bulls, especially the now extinct bos primigenius.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Rice
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.1997
• EAN: 9780415090322
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09032-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Weight: 770 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; History of Ideas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, Archaeology, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)