This book
Explores Indo-European fire rituals and sacrifices throughout history and fire in its fundamental role in rites and religious practices.
Analyzes fire rituals as the unifying structure in time and space in Indo-European cultures from the Bronze Age onwards.
Asks the question how and why was fire the ultimate power in culture and cosmology?
Has a broad interdisciplinary audience including archaeology, ethnography, folklore, religious and Indo-European studies.
