THE SACRED DANCE
A STUDY IN COMPARATIVE FOLKLORE

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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

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AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1923

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