![]() ![]() He was the author of a great number of books, the most significant of which are generally held to be The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion and The Myth of the Eternal Return (also known as Cosmos and History).Įliade’s chief aim was to identify and describe the underlying patterns in the mindset with which people who belong to traditional religions have historically approached the world around them and their place within it. Born in Romania, he eventually became the chairman of the department of the history of religions at the University of Chicago. Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) was one of the twentieth century’s most groundbreaking and influential historians of religion. Book Review: Neil Price’s The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia. ![]() Who Were the Indo-Europeans and Why Do They Matter?.The Swastika – Its Ancient Origins and Modern (Mis)use.The Old Norse Language and How to Learn It.The 10 Best Advanced Norse Mythology Books.The Vikings’ Conversion to Christianity. ![]()
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