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Death and the maiden : girls' initiation rites in Greek mythology / Ken Dowden.
Dowden, Ken, 1950-Date: 1989- Books
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The history of initiation / in twelve lectures. Comprising a detailed account of the rites and ceremonies, doctrines and discipline, of all the secret and mysterious institutions of the ancient world.
Oliver, George, 1782-1867.Date: 1841- Books
Les rites de passage : étude systématique des rites de la porte et du seuil, de l'hospitalité, de l'adoption, de la grossesse et de l'accouchement, de la naissance, de l'enfance, de la puberté, de l'initiation, de l'ordination, du couronnement des fiançailles et du mariage, des funérailles, des saisons, etc / [Arnold van Gennep].
Gennep, Arnold van, 1873-1957.Date: 1909- Books
Virtuous violence : hurting and killing to create, sustain, end, and honor social relationships : the social-relational, moral motivational psychology, cultural anthropology and history of war, torture, genocide, animal and human sacrifice, obedience to gods, religious self-torture, homicide, robbery, intimate partner conflict, rape, suicide and self-harm, corporal and capital punishment, trial by ordeal and combat, policing, initiation, castration, fighting for status, contac sports and martial arts, honor, the Iliad and the Trojan War, injurious mortuary rites, and homicidal mourning / Alan Page Fiske and Tage Shakti Rai ; with a foreword by Steven Pinker.
Fiske, Alan Page, 1947-Date: 2015- Books
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The Eleusinian mysteries & rites / by Dudley Wright.
Wright, Dudley, 1868-1949.Date: [1913?]