
Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals
by J. C. Lawson
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Chapters (578)(click to expand)
- MODERN GREEK FOLKLORE AND ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- § 1. Modern Folklore as a source for the study of Ancient Religion.
- § 2. The survival of Ancient Tradition.
- § 3. The survival of Hellenic Tradition.
- § 4. The Survival of Pagan Tradition.
- CHAPTER II. THE SURVIVAL OF PAGAN DEITIES.
- § 1. The Range of Modern Polytheism.
- § 2. Zeus.
- § 3. Poseidon.
- § 4. Pan.
- § 5. Demeter and Persephone.
- § 6. Charon.
- § 7. Aphrodite and Eros.
- § 8. The Fates.
- § 9. The Nymphs.
- § 10. The Queens of the Nymphs.
- § 11. Lamiae, Gelloudes, and Striges.
- Gelloudes.
- Striges.
- § 12. Gorgons.
- § 13. The Centaurs.
- § 14. Genii.
- CHAPTER III. THE COMMUNION OF GODS AND MEN.
- CHAPTER IV. THE RELATION OF SOUL AND BODY.
- § 1. The Modern Greek Vampire.
- § 2. The Composition of the Superstition. Slavonic, Ecclesiastical, and Hellenic Contributions.
- § 3. Revenants in ancient Greece.
- § 4. Revenants as Avengers of Blood.
- CHAPTER V. CREMATION AND INHUMATION.
- CHAPTER VI. THE BENEFIT OF DISSOLUTION.
- CHAPTER VII. THE UNION OF GODS AND MEN.
- GENERAL INDEX
- INDEX OF GREEK WORDS AND PHRASES
- FOOTNOTES
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