Bears as Benefactors? Bear Veneration as Apicultural Risk Management in Roman Spain
Worship of bear deities in pre-Roman and Roman Spain seems to have occurred for rather pragmatic reasons having more to do with the activities of bears rather than bears themselves. I show that this reverence originated in an important mode of subsistence in Iron Age and Roman central Spain, beekeep...
| Subtitles: | Special issue: Bees and Honey in Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Equinox Publ.
2020
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| In: |
Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 324-350 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Celtiberi
/ Bear worship
/ Honigproduktion
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| RelBib Classification: | BD Ancient European religions KBH Iberian Peninsula |
| Further subjects: | B
beekeeping
B Onomastics B Roman Spain B Celtic deities B Bear worship B votive dedications |
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