Heathenry, the Past, and Sacred Sites in Today’s Britain

Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 181-208

  Blain, Jenny ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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