The Ancient City 17 New Religious Beliefs

⁣"He experienced perpetually a mingled feeling of veneration, love, and terror for the power of nature."

Book 3 Ch 2 of Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City (1864)


⁣0:00 The Gods of Physical Nature
3:21 Two Distinct Religions
4:58 How New Gods Were Formed
8:03 Link to Domestic Hearth
10:59 Gods Adopted by Cities
11:49 How Religion Enlarged Society