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Books on Indigenous and Ancient Religions

155 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

Cover of African Religions and Philosophy African Religions and PhilosophyJohn S. Mbiti 1969 African Religions in Western ScholarshipOkot p'Bitek African Religions in Western ScholarshipOkot p'Bitek 1970 Cover of African Religions: A Very Short Introduction African ReligionsJacob K. Olupona 2014 The Akan Doctrine of GodJ. B. Danquah The Akan Doctrine of GodJ. B. Danquah 1944 Cover of Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict Alexandria in Late AntiquityChristopher Haas 1997 The Ancient Egyptian Book of the DeadR. O. Faulkner The Ancient Egyptian Book of the DeadR. O. Faulkner R. O. Faulkner (trans.)1985 Cover of Ancient Egyptian Literature Ancient Egyptian LiteratureMiriam Lichtheim Miriam Lichtheim (trans.)1973 Cover of Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume IIMiriam Lichtheim Miriam Lichtheim1976 Cover of The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid TextsR. O. Faulkner R. O. Faulkner (trans.)1969 Cover of Ancient Greek Religion Ancient Greek ReligionJon D. Mikalson 2005 Cover of Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization Ancient MesopotamiaA. Leo Oppenheim 1964 Cover of Ancient Mystery Cults Ancient Mystery CultsWalter Burkert 1987 AnimismGraham Harvey AnimismGraham Harvey 2005 Cover of The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific The Apotheosis of Captain CookGananath Obeyesekere 1992 The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 BC to AD 700Judith McKenzie The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 BC to AD 700Judith McKenzie 2007 Cover of The Arts of Orpheus The Arts of OrpheusIvan M. Linforth 1941 Cover of Asante in the Nineteenth Century: The Structure and Evolution of a Political Order Asante in the Nineteenth CenturyIvor Wilks 1975 Cover of Ashanti AshantiR. S. Rattray 1923 Cover of The Atlantic Celts: Ancient People or Modern Invention? The Atlantic CeltsSimon James 1999 Cover of Australian Religions: An Introduction Australian ReligionsMircea Eliade 1973 Cover of The Aztec Kings: The Construction of Rulership in Mexica History The Aztec KingsSusan D. Gillespie 1989 Cover of Aztec Thought and Culture Aztec Thought and CultureMiguel León-Portilla Jack Emory Davis (trans.)1963 Cover of Babylonian Creation Myths Babylonian Creation MythsW. G. Lambert W. G. Lambert2013 Cover of The Babylonian Genesis: The Story of Creation The Babylonian GenesisAlexander Heidel Alexander Heidel1942 Cover of The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts The Babylonian Gilgamesh EpicA. R. George 2003 Before the MusesBenjamin R. Foster Before the MusesBenjamin R. Foster Benjamin R. Foster1993 Cover of Beyond Nature and Culture Beyond Nature and CulturePhilippe Descola Janet Lloyd2013 Cover of Black Elk Speaks Black Elk SpeaksJohn G. Neihardt 1932 Cover of The Book of Counsel: The Popol Vuh of the Quiche Maya of Guatemala The Book of CounselMunro S. Edmonson Munro S. Edmonson1971 Cover of The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh The Buried BookDavid Damrosch 2007 Cover of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeDee Brown 1970 Cath Maige TuiredElizabeth A. Gray Cath Maige TuiredElizabeth A. Gray Elizabeth A. Gray1982 Cover of The Celtic Heroic Age The Celtic Heroic AgeJohn T. Koch and John Carey John T. Koch and John Carey1994 Cover of Celtic Mythology Celtic MythologyProinsias Mac Cana 1970 Cover of The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient EgyptRichard H. Wilkinson 2003 Cover of Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many Conceptions of God in Ancient EgyptErik Hornung John Baines (trans.)1982 The Conflict of Horus and Seth from Egyptian and Classical SourcesJ. Gwyn Griffiths The Conflict of Horus and Seth from Egyptian and Classical SourcesJ. Gwyn Griffiths 1960 Cover of Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the EschatonHermann Gunkel K. William Whitney Jr.2006 Cover of The Cults of the Roman Empire The Cults of the Roman EmpireRobert Turcan Antonia Nevill (trans.)1996 Cover of The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca The Death and Rebirth of the SenecaAnthony F. C. Wallace 1970 Cover of The Derveni Papyrus: Cosmology, Theology and Interpretation The Derveni PapyrusGábor Betegh 2004 Cover of Dictionary of Northern Mythology Dictionary of Northern MythologyRudolf Simek Angela Hall (trans.)1993 Cover of Divinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka Divinity and ExperienceGodfrey Lienhardt 1961 The Dreaming and Other EssaysW. E. H. Stanner The Dreaming and Other EssaysW. E. H. Stanner 2009 Cover of Early Irish History and Mythology Early Irish History and MythologyT. F. O'Rahilly 1946 Cover of Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt Egyptian MythologyGeraldine Pinch 2004 Cover of The Elementary Forms of Religious Life The Elementary Forms of Religious LifeÉmile Durkheim 1912 Cover of The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life The Elementary Forms of the Religious LifeÉmile Durkheim Joseph Ward Swain1912 Cover of Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis and the Eleusinian MysteriesGeorge E. Mylonas 1961 Cover of The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of GilgameshAndrew George Andrew George (trans.)1999 Cover of An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan Conceptual Scheme An Essay on African Philosophical ThoughtKwame Gyekye 1987 European PaganismTarl Warwick European PaganismTarl Warwick Cover of The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic The Evolution of the Gilgamesh EpicJeffrey H. Tigay 1982 Exploring Religion in Ancient EgyptStephen Quirke Exploring Religion in Ancient EgyptStephen Quirke 2015 Cover of Fasti FastiOvid c. 8 CE Cover of The Festival of Lughnasa The Festival of LughnasaMáire MacNeill 1962 Florentine CodexBernardino de Sahagún Florentine CodexBernardino de Sahagún Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (trans.)c. 1577 Cover of A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya A Forest of KingsLinda Schele and David Freidel 1990 Cover of From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins: Sex and Category in Roman Religion From Good Goddess to Vestal VirginsAriadne Staples 1998 Cover of From Primitive to Indigenous: The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions From Primitive to IndigenousJames L. Cox 2007 Cover of The Gallic War The Gallic WarJulius Caesar c. 50 BCE Cover of Germania GermaniaTacitus 98 CE Cover of The Ghost Dance: Ethnohistory and Revitalization The Ghost DanceAlice Beck Kehoe 1989 Cover of The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890James Mooney 1896 Cover of God Is Red: A Native View of Religion God Is RedVine Deloria Jr. 1973 God's Red SonLouis S. Warren God's Red SonLouis S. Warren 2017 Cover of Gods and Fighting Men Gods and Fighting MenLady Augusta Gregory 1904 Cover of The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the MayaMary Miller and Karl Taube 1993 Cover of The Gods of the Celts The Gods of the CeltsMiranda Green 1986 Cover of Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient MesopotamiaJeremy Black and Anthony Green 1992 Cover of Greek Religion Greek ReligionWalter Burkert John Raffan (trans.)1985 Cover of Handbook of Egyptian Mythology Handbook of Egyptian MythologyGeraldine Pinch 2002 Cover of The Harps That Once: Sumerian Poetry in Translation The Harps That OnceThorkild Jacobsen Thorkild Jacobsen (trans.)1987 Cover of Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii) Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii)David Malo Nathaniel B. Emerson (trans.)1903 Cover of Hawaiian Mythology Hawaiian MythologyMartha Beckwith 1940 History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-BremenAdam of Bremen History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-BremenAdam of Bremen Francis J. Tschan (trans.)c. 1075 Cover of The Homeric Hymns The Homeric HymnsApostolos N. Athanassakis Apostolos N. Athanassakis (trans.)1976 Cover of Ifá: An Exposition of Ifá Literary Corpus IfáWande Abimbola 1976 Indigenous ReligionsGraham Harvey Indigenous ReligionsGraham Harvey Graham Harvey (ed.)2000 Cover of An Introduction to Roman Religion An Introduction to Roman ReligionJohn Scheid Janet Lloyd (trans.)2003 Cover of The Invention of World Religions The Invention of World ReligionsTomoko Masuzawa 2005 Cover of Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth Ireland's ImmortalsMark Williams 2016 The Irish National Origin-LegendJohn Carey The Irish National Origin-LegendJohn Carey 1994 Cover of Islands of History Islands of HistoryMarshall Sahlins 1985 Cover of Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii Kingship and SacrificeValerio Valeri Paula Wissing (trans.)1985 Cover of Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox Korean ShamanismHyun-key Kim Hogarth 1999 Cover of Korean Shamanist Ritual: Symbols and Dramas of Transformation Korean Shamanist RitualDaniel A. Kister 1997 Cover of The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant The KumulipoMartha Warren Beckwith 1951 Cover of The Land Looks After Us: A History of Native American Religion The Land Looks After UsJoel W. Martin 2001 Cover of Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Lebor Gabála ÉrennR. A. S. Macalister R. A. S. Macalister1938 Cover of The Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman The Life and Hard Times of a Korean ShamanLaurel Kendall 1988 Cover of The Mabinogion The MabinogionSioned Davies Sioned Davies (trans.)2007 Cover of Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path Maya CosmosDavid Freidel, Linda Schele and Joy Parker 1993 The Maya Scribe and His WorldMichael D. Coe The Maya Scribe and His WorldMichael D. Coe 1973 Cover of The Melanesians: Studies in Their Anthropology and Folk-Lore The MelanesiansR. H. Codrington 1891 Cover of Mystery Cults of the Ancient World Mystery Cults of the Ancient WorldHugh Bowden 2010 Myth and Religion of the NorthE. O. G. Turville-Petre Myth and Religion of the NorthE. O. G. Turville-Petre 1964 Cover of Myths from Mesopotamia Myths from MesopotamiaStephanie Dalley Stephanie Dalley (trans.)1989 Cover of Native American Religions: An Introduction Native American ReligionsSam D. Gill 1982 Native Land and Foreign DesiresLilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa Native Land and Foreign DesiresLilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa 1992 Cover of Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs Norse MythologyJohn Lindow 2001 Cover of Nuer Religion Nuer ReligionE. E. Evans-Pritchard 1956 Cover of Olódùmarè: God in Yoruba Belief OlódùmarèE. Bọlaji Idowu 1962 Cover of On the Nature of the Gods On the Nature of the GodsCicero 45 BCE Cover of Òrìṣà Devotion as World Religion: The Globalization of Yorùbá Religious Culture Òrìṣà Devotion as World ReligionJacob K. Olupona and Terry Rey 2008 Cover of Orpheus and Greek Religion Orpheus and Greek ReligionW. K. C. Guthrie 1935 The Orphic PoemsM. L. West The Orphic PoemsM. L. West 1983 Cover of Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God OsirisBojana Mojsov 2005 Cover of A Place for Strangers: Towards a History of Australian Aboriginal Being A Place for StrangersTony Swain 1993 Cover of The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded KneeJeffrey Ostler 2004 Cover of Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life Popol VuhDennis Tedlock Dennis Tedlock (trans.)1985 Cover of Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiché Maya Popol VuhAdrián Recinos Delia Goetz and Sylvanus G. Morley1950 Cover of Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya Popol VuhAllen J. Christenson Allen J. Christenson2003 Cover of Primitive Culture Primitive CultureEdward Burnett Tylor 1871 Cover of Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of EmpireDavíd Carrasco 1982 Cover of Redefining Ancient Orphism: A Study in Greek Religion Redefining Ancient OrphismRadcliffe G. Edmonds III 2013 Cover of Religion and Art in Ashanti Religion and Art in AshantiR. S. Rattray 1927 Cover of Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia Religion in Ancient MesopotamiaJean Bottéro Teresa Lavender Fagan (trans.)2001 Cover of Religion in Roman Egypt: Assimilation and Resistance Religion in Roman EgyptDavid Frankfurter 1998 Cover of Religion of the Romans Religion of the RomansJörg Rüpke Richard Gordon (trans.)2007 Cover of Religions of Mesoamerica Religions of MesoamericaDavíd Carrasco 1990 Cover of Religions of Rome Religions of RomeMary Beard, John North and Simon Price 1998 Cover of Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide Religions of the Ancient WorldSarah Iles Johnston Sarah Iles Johnston (ed.)2004 Cover of Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities Riot in AlexandriaEdward J. Watts 2010 Cover of Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets Ritual Texts for the AfterlifeFritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston 2007 Rome's Vestal VirginsRobin Lorsch Wildfang Rome's Vestal VirginsRobin Lorsch Wildfang 2006 Ruling Chiefs of HawaiiSamuel Manaiakalani Kamakau Ruling Chiefs of HawaiiSamuel Manaiakalani Kamakau 1961 Cover of The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux The Sacred PipeJoseph Epes Brown Joseph Epes Brown (ed.)1953 Cover of The Search for God in Ancient Egypt The Search for God in Ancient EgyptJan Assmann David Lorton (trans.)2001 Search for SecurityM. J. Field Search for SecurityM. J. Field 1960 Cover of The Seven Tablets of Creation The Seven Tablets of CreationL. W. King L. W. King1902 Cover of The Shaman The ShamanPiers Vitebsky 1995 Cover of Shamanism: A Reader ShamanismGraham Harvey Graham Harvey (ed.)2003 ShamanismMircea Eliade ShamanismMircea Eliade Willard R. Trask (trans.)1964 Cover of Shamans and Religion: An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking Shamans and ReligionAlice Beck Kehoe 2000 Cover of Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits: Women in Korean Ritual Life Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless SpiritsLaurel Kendall 1985 Cover of Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF: South Korean Popular Religion in Motion Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMFLaurel Kendall 2009 Cover of Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination ShamansRonald Hutton 2001 Cover of Six Korean Women: The Socialization of Shamans Six Korean WomenYoungsook Kim Harvey 1979 Cover of Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World Sixteen CowriesWilliam Bascom 1980 Cover of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt The Sixth GrandfatherRaymond J. DeMallie Raymond J. DeMallie (ed.)1984 Cover of Songs of the Shaman: The Ritual Chants of the Korean Mudang Songs of the ShamanBoudewijn Walraven 1994 Cover of Soul Hunters: Hunting, Animism, and Personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs Soul HuntersRane Willerslev 2007 Cover of Theogony TheogonyHesiod c. 700 BCE Cover of Theories of Primitive Religion Theories of Primitive ReligionE. E. Evans-Pritchard 1965 Cover of The Threshold of Religion The Threshold of ReligionR. R. Marett 1909 Cover of Time and the Highland Maya Time and the Highland MayaBarbara Tedlock 1982 Cover of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs Topiltzin QuetzalcoatlH. B. Nicholson 2001 Cover of The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion The Treasures of DarknessThorkild Jacobsen 1976 Cover of The Trumpet Shall Sound: A Study of "Cargo" Cults in Melanesia The Trumpet Shall SoundPeter Worsley 1957 Cover of Vestal Virgins, Sibyls, and Matrons: Women in Roman Religion Vestal Virgins, Sibyls, and MatronsSarolta A. Takács 2008 Cover of The Way of the Shaman The Way of the ShamanMichael Harner 1980 West African Traditional ReligionKofi Asare Opoku West African Traditional ReligionKofi Asare Opoku 1978 Cover of When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History When Montezuma Met CortésMatthew Restall 2018 Cover of Wovoka and the Ghost Dance Wovoka and the Ghost DanceMichael Hittman 1990