Mortal and Immortal Souls, Ghosts and the (Restless) Dead in Ancient Mesopotamia
Ever since their original creation from mortal clay mixed with the flesh and blood of an immortal god, Ancient Mesopotamians had a part of themselves that survived death. We call this death-surviving part the soul. Ancient Mesopotamians, however, like ancient Greeks, understood this surviving bit as...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mesopotamia
/ Belief in spirits
/ Soul
/ Immortality
/ Cult of the dead
/ Pre- and early history
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion KBL Near East and North Africa TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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