Re: Taboos and priests

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Richard" <richaje@...> wrote: >
  > Just to give folk a few ideas about some real world religious taboos
  > associated with real world priests, here are some of the taboos
  > associated with the Roman priests of Jupiter (the flamen Dialis) from
  > Dumezil's "Archaic Roman Religion":
  

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Some of Lindsey Davis's Falco novels have made excellent use of these restrictions and how they affect the day-to-day life of the priest and his family. In 'One Virgin Too Many' a character exploits one of these details to save the life of the hero.

Andrew             Received on Tue 28 Aug 2007 - 07:33:19 EEST