Gods / Channel Four (Great Britain).

Tony Robinson confronts Viking berserkers, recreates the flaming horror of the Wicker Man, re-enacts a brutal ritual human sacrifice, and witnesses self-mutilation demanded - all in his quest to understand how our ancestors worshiped.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Corporate Contributors: Channel Four (Great Britain), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group.
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014]
Series:Gods and monsters.
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Genre/Form:Educational films, Internet videos, Videorecording
Table of Contents:
  • Celtic Gods (3:13)
  • Object and Human Sacrifice (2:23)
  • Reasons for Sacrifice (2:46)
  • Human Sacrifice Reenactment (3:33)
  • Wicker Man (5:12)
  • Political Role of Roman Deities (3:10)
  • Foundations of Christianity (2:08)
  • Competition with Christianity (2:41)
  • Goddess of Nature and Fertility (4:24)
  • Supremacy of Christianity (1:50)
  • God of War (2:58)
  • Viking Berserkers (1:56)
  • Sacrifice to God of War (3:26)
  • Berserker Reenactment (5:32)
  • Credits: Gods: Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters (0:43)