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Abel, Ernest L. Intoxication in Mythology: A Worldwide Dictionary of Gods, Rites, Intoxicants and Places. McFarland. 2006. 220p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7864-2477-X [ISBN 978-0-7864-2477-1]. $35. REF
Having written on subjects as diverse as Confederate sheet music and Semitic hereditary diseases, Abel (psychology, Wayne State Univ., Detroit) turns his scholarly attention to the role of intoxicants in world mythology, reaching beyond time-worn Greek and Roman myths to achieve a culturally diverse subject presentation. The A-to-Z cross-referenced entries include seminal Hindu, South American, Middle …