Games of the Gods: The Origin of Board Games in Magic and Divination

By Nigel Pennick

Book Overview

An examination of such board games as chess, draughts and dice as well as rune games, the Tarot and I Ching, which contends that they all have their origins in magic and divination practices which for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877286965
• ISBN13: 9780877286967
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.