Bibliography

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Abbreviations

EB                               Encyclopædia Britannica (superscript denotes the edition).

ER                               Encyclopedia of Religion (Eliade 1987).

ERE                             Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics (James A. Hastings, ed.,

                                    Edinburgh, 1908-1926).

EU                               Encyclopædia Universalis (Paris, 1990).

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