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Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii
Kingship and Sacrifice Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii
Author: Valerio Valeri
Valeri presents an overview of Hawaiian religious culture, in which hierarchies of social beings and their actions are mirrored by the cosmological hierarchy of the gods. As the sacrifice is performed, the worshipper is incorporated into the god of his class. Thus he draws on divine power to sustain the social order of which his action is a part...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226845593
ISBN-10: 0226845591
Publication Date: 7/1985
Pages: 446
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Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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