Rivers in Hindu Mythology and Ritual
Author | : Shyam Kishore Lal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Hindu mythology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Shyam Kishore Lal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Hindu mythology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gedef Abawa Firew |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2014-09-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1443867918 |
Ethiopia has a rich and fascinating cultural heritage structured around water. The River Nile has been seen by many as the most important river in the world, and the secrets of the sources of the Nile and their mysteries have, from the dawn of civilization, attracted philosophers, emperors and explorers searching for answers. The source of the Blue Nile, Gish Abay, is believed to be the outlet of the biblical river Gihon, flowing directly from Paradise, linking this world with Heaven. The holiness of Abay (the Blue Nile) and its source in particular still has an important role in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. In the Lake Tana region, there are also numerous other myths, traditions and rituals concerning the river. Several of the island monasteries are incredibly holy, and indigenous practices and sacrifices to the river are still conducted. The most important celebration in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the Timkat festival, which is an annual commemoration of the importance of baptism. Despite the importance of the River Nile from antiquity to present-day practices and beliefs in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, very little research has been conducted on the cultural and religious aspects of the Blue Nile in general and its source, Gish Abay, and Lake Tana in Ethiopia in particular. This book combines historic sources and new empirical ethnography, presenting parts of this cultural heritage and the traditions of water along the Blue Nile.
Author | : Jared L. Miller |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Cilicia |
ISBN | : 9783447050586 |
Revised thesis (doctoral) - Universit'at, W'urzburg, 2003.
Author | : Frans Theuws |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 515 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004477551 |
13 papers by 16 leading archaeologists and historians of late antiquity and the early middle ages break new ground in their discussion, analysis and criticism of present interpretations of early medieval rituals and their material correlates. Some deal with rituals relating to death, life cycles and the circulation in other contexts of objects otherwise used in the burial ritual. Others are concerned with the symbolism and ideology of royal power, the formation of a political ideology east of the Rhine from the mid-5th century onwards, and penance rituals in relation to Carolingian episcopal discourse on ecclesiastical power and morale. All deal with the creation of new identities, cultures, norms and values, and their expression in new rituals and ideas from the period of the Great Migrations through the Later Roman Empire down to the society of Beowulf and the later Carolingians.
Author | : Sue Jennings |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2018-12-20 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1317725476 |
Sue Jennings and her three children spent two years on a fieldwork expedition to the Senoi Temiar people of Malaysia: Theatre, Ritual and Transformation is a fascinating account of that experience. She describes how the Temiar regularly perform seances which are enacted through dreams, dance, music and drama, and explains that they see the seance as playing a valuable preventative role in people's lives, as well as being a medium of healing and cure. Her account brings together the insights of drama, therapy and theatre with those of social anthropology to provide an invaluable theoretical framework for understanding theatre and ritual and their links with healing.
Author | : Axel Michaels |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2020-11-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1000059197 |
Challenging the idea that rituals are static and emotions irrational, the volume explores the manifold qualities of emotions in ritual practices. Focusing explicitly on the relationship between emotions and rituals, it poses two central questions. First, how and to what extent do emotions shape rituals? Second, in what way are emotions ritualized in and beyond rituals? Strong emotions are generally considered to be more spontaneous and uncontrolled, whereas ritual behaviour is regarded as planned, formalized and stereotyped, and hence less emotional. However, as the volume demonstrates, rituals often reveal strong emotions among participants, are motivated by feelings, or are intended to generate them. The essays discuss the motivation for rituals; the healing function of emotions; the creation of new emotions through new media; the aspect of mimesis in the generation of feelings; individual, collective, and non-human emotions; the importance of trance and possession; staged emotions and emotions on stage; emotions in the context of martyrdom; emotions in Indian and Western dance traditions; emotions of love, sorrow, fear, aggression, and devotion. Furthermore, aesthetic and sensory dimensions, as well as emic concepts, of emotions in rituals are underscored as relevant in understanding social practice.
Author | : Nicola Laneri |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2024-05-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1009306634 |
Human belief systems and practices can be traced to ca. 10,000 BCE in the Ancient Near East, where the earliest evidence of ritual structures and objects can be found. Religious architecture, the relics of human skeletons, animal symbolism, statues, and icons all contributed to a complex network into which the spiritual essence of the divine was materially present. In this book, Nicola Laneri traces the transformation of the belief systems that shaped life in ancient Near Eastern communities, from prehistoric times until the advent of religious monotheism in the Levant during the first millennium BCE. Considering a range of evidence, from stone ceremonial enclosures, such as as Göbleki Tepe, to the construction of the first temples and icons of Mesopotamian polytheistic beliefs, to the Temple of Jerusalem, the iconic center of Israelite monotheism, Laneri offers new insights into the symbolic value embodied in the religious materiality produced in the ancient Near East.
Author | : George Percy Badger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 1852 |
Genre | : Assyrian Church of the East |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jessie Laidlay Weston |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2021-04-11 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
From Ritual to Romance is a landmark, intensely academic in its style, describing the Holy Grail legend. Anybody would be fascinated by the essay's examination of various folklore and Christian elements to provide parallels between the legend and certain cults' symbolism.
Author | : Susan Guettel Cole |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2004-03-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0520929322 |
The division of land and consolidation of territory that created the Greek polis also divided sacred from productive space, sharpened distinctions between purity and pollution, and created a ritual system premised on gender difference. Regional sanctuaries ameliorated competition between city-states, publicized the results of competitive rituals for males, and encouraged judicial alternatives to violence. Female ritual efforts, focused on reproduction and the health of the family, are less visible, but, as this provocative study shows, no less significant. Taking a fresh look at the epigraphical evidence for Greek ritual practice in the context of recent studies of landscape and political organization, Susan Guettel Cole illuminates the profoundly gendered nature of Greek cult practice and explains the connections between female rituals and the integrity of the community. In a rich integration of ancient sources and current theory, Cole brings together the complex evidence for Greek ritual practice. She discusses relevant medical and philosophical theories about the female body; considers Greek ideas about purity, pollution, and ritual purification; and examines the cult of Artemis in detail. Her nuanced study demonstrates the social contribution of women's rituals to the sustenance of the polis and the identity of its people.