Dictionary of Pagan Religions

by Harry E. Wedeck, Wade Baskin

Assembled here for the first time in one volume are the essential facts about the cults, rites and rituals associated with polytheistic religions that have existed from the Stone Age to the present. The aim of the book is to create and preserve a partial record of the pagan religions or cults that have flourished since the dawn of mankind and of their impact and influence throughout the world. This record includes many of the forgotten religions, their ideologies, practices, and mythologies.

376 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 1970

About the author

Harry Ezekiel Wedeck was a linguist and classical scholar who served as chairman of the department of classical languages at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn from 1935 to 1950 and then taught the classics at Brooklyn College until 1968. Afterward he lectured on medieval studies at the New School for Social Research, until 1974.