The Power of the Bull

by Michael Rice

Everyone has heard of the Minotaur in the labyrinth on Crete and many know that the Greek gods would adopt the guise of a bull to seduce mortal women. But what lies behind these legends?
The Power of the Bull discusses mankind's enduring obsession with bulls. The bull is an almost universal symbol throughout Indo-European cultures. Bull cults proliferated in the Middle East and in many parts of North Africa, and one cult, Mithraism, was the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415090326
• ISBN13: 9780415090322
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"