The sacred dance
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, Manager LONDON: FETTER LANE, E.C. 4
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THE SACRED DANCE A STUDY IN COMPARATIVE FOLKLORE
By W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D. Vicar of St Alban’s, Acton Green, W. Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London
CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1923
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
The following study is an attempt to estimate the part played by the Sacred Dance among the peoples of antiquity as well as among the uncultured races in modern times; to account for its origin; to note the occasions on which it was performed; and to indicate the purposes of its performance.
W. O. E. Oesterley
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