A Book on Sacred Sites of a Region in Latvia
A Book on Sacred Sites of a Region in Latvia

Summary/Abstract: Urtāns, Juris 2008. Ancient Cult Sites of Semigallia. CCC papers 11. Rīga: Nordik, 221 pp. Estonian and Latvian natural sacred places have many things in common and one similar feature has been their development: Christianity was forced upon the population of both countries, in foreign language and as a result of foreign occupation. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the tradition of natural sacred sites with its largely non-Christian rituals is very strongly represented and actively preserved in these two countries. Next to historical similarities, Estonia and Latvia share another common feature: namely, the majority of literature published on natural sacred sites is available only in local languages. In this light it is quite remarkable that Juris Urtāns has published a largely English-language book on the natural sacred sites of a Latvian region.

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