Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins: Laughter in the History of Religion by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus

Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins: Laughter in the History of Religion

Ingvild Saelid Gilhus

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Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos...

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