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The Origin of All Religious Worship; or, An Inquiry Into the Origin of Idolatry

by Charles François Dupuis

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The Origin of All Religious Worship investigates the roots of religious rituals, idolatry, and worship systems across ancient civilizations, linking them to primordial beliefs and myths. Dupuis proposes that many religious traditions originated from solar worship and astronomical symbolism, arguing that deities were often personifications of celestial phenomena. This groundbreaking work influenced early comparative religion studies and remains a fascinating exploration of the mythological and cosmic origins of faith.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “mythological” in the description and “Mythology” in the subject metadata.

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Retained metadata contains “deities” in the description.

    • “deities”· in description

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