Encyclopedia of Easter, Carnival, and Lent / Tanya Gulevich ; illustrated by Mary Ann Stavros-Lanning. [print]
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TextPublication details: Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, (c)2002.Description: xvii, 729 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0780804325
- 9780780804326
- GT4935.G971.E539 2002
- GT4935.G971.E539 2002
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Reference (Library Use ONLY) | G. Allen Fleece Library Reference (1st floor - front of library) | RES | GT4935 .G85 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001684097 |
"A guide to this season's joyous celebration and solemn worship, including folk customs, religious observances, history, legends, folklore, symbols, and related days from Europe, the Americas, and around the world. Supplemented by a bibliography, list of web sites, and index."
Alleluia Annunciation April Fools Day Ascension Day Ash Wednesday Baptism Barabbas Bells Beltane Blood Carnival in Brazil Bread Butterfly Carnival Cheese Week Clean Monday Holy Week in Columbia Cross Easter and Holy Week in Czech Republic Descent into Hell Date of Easter Origin of the Word Easter Easter Bunny Easter Cards Easter Eggs Easter Fires Easter Monday Easter Parade Easter Seals Easter Season Easter Sun Easter Sunday Easter Vigil Easter Week Easter Witch Egg Lore Egg Rolling Egg Tapping Egg Tree Easter in Egypt Eight Emmaus Walk Easter and Holy Week in England Epitaphios Eucharist Fasting Easter and Holy Week in Finland Fire Sunday Flowering of the Cross Eucharist Fasting Easter and Holy Week in Finland Fire Sunday Flowering of the Cross Footwashing Forgiveness Sunday Carnival in Germany Easter and Holy Week in Germany Golden Rose Good Friday Good Thief Gospel accounts of Easter Easter and Holy Week in Greece Easter and Hily Week in Guatemala Hare Hilaria Hocktide Holy Grail Holy Saturday Holy Sepulchre Holy Week Hot Cross Buns Easter and Holy Week in Hungary Carnival in Italy Easter and Holy Week in Italy Jesus Judas Burning of Judas Laetere Sunday Lamb Laughter Lazarus Saturday Lent Lily Low Sunday --
Marbles Mardi Gras Blessed Virgin Mary Mary Magdalene Maslenitsa Maundy Thursday May Day Easter and Holy Week in Mexico Moon New Clothes No Ruz Pace Egging Paczki Day Palm Palm Sunday Pancake Day Pardon Pascha Paschal Candle Passionflower Passion Play Passion Sunday Passover Peacock Pelican Penitentes Pentecost Peter Easter and Holy Week in the Philippines Phoenix Pig Pontius Pilate Easter and Holy Week in Poland Pomegranate Pre-Lent Pretzel Rabbit Redemption Repentance Resurrection Rogation Days Royal Hours Easter and Holy Week in Russia Salvation Sand Dollar Feast of the Seven Sorrows Shavuot Shroud of Turin Shrovetide Sin Soul Saturday Easter and Holy Week in Spain Spring Cleaning Spring Equinox Spy Wednesday Stations of the Cross Sunday Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross Sunrise Service Easter and Holy Week in Sweden Carnival in Switzerland Tenebrae Three Hours Tree of the Cross Triduum Carnival in Trinidad Easter and Holy Week in the Ukraine Veiling Veneration of the Cross Veronica Walpurgis Night Water Whitsun Ale Wine.
A guide to this season s joyous celebration and solemn worship, including folk customs, religious observances, history, legends, folklore, symbols, and related days from Europe, the Americas, and around the world. This reference work contains more than 150 alphabetically arranged entries that cover all aspects of Easter, Carnival, and Lent. These entries cover the holiday s history, myths, legends, customs, religious observances, related holidays, and symbols from around the world. Black-and-white illustrations complement the text and several entries are devoted to the celebration of Easter in different countries and parts of the world. Two appendices provide a general bibliography and a list of Easter-related web sites. Completing the work is a comprehensive index, bibliography, and list of web sites.
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