Sacred Sites and Sacred Stories Across Cultures: Transmission of Oral Tradition, Myth, and Religiosity
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Visual Arts and Architecture -- Chapter 2: Traces of Places: Sacred Sites in Miniature on Minoan Gold Rings -- Introduction -- Peak Sanctuaries -- Rura...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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palgrave macmillan, Springer International Publishing AG
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Myth
/ Religion
/ Oral tradition
/ Cultic site
/ Sanctuary
/ Comparison of cultures
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion and sociology
B Electronic books B Religions B Cultural property |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Visual Arts and Architecture -- Chapter 2: Traces of Places: Sacred Sites in Miniature on Minoan Gold Rings -- Introduction -- Peak Sanctuaries -- Rural Sanctuaries -- Cave Sanctuaries -- Landscape Features in Palatial Architecture -- Sacred Sites in Iconography -- Cult in Glyptic -- Trees in Rocky Ground -- Cult Structures -- Sanctuary Walls -- Columnar Shrines -- Ashlar Altars -- Tripartite Shrines -- Constructed Openwork Platforms -- Incurved Altars -- Table Altars -- Altars with Horns -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Reimagining Sacrosanct Sites in the Graphic Arts of Kōno Fumiyo -- Introduction -- Dissociating Hiroshima/Nagasaki: Towards a Genealogy of A-bomb Manga -- Kōno Fumiyo: Breaking the Hegemony of Silence -- Shifting Perspectives in In This Corner Of The World -- Shōjo Manga and the Feminisation of Japan's War Legacy -- Parody, Criticism and In This Corner Of The World as Counter-Memorial Site -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Consecrated Journeys: A Torres Strait Islander Space, Time Odyssey -- Introduction -- The Full Ritual Process: A Torres Strait Story -- Ethno-Archaeological Research at Ne on Waier -- Archaeology Research at Ne -- Square A -- Squares B and C -- Discussion: Understanding the Full Ritual Process -- Establishment of the Waiet Cult in ETS (Story Cycle 1) -- Waiet's Pathway in ETS (Story Cycle 2) -- Waiet's Pathway Across Torres Strait (Story Cycle 3) -- Continuity of Practice, Continuity of Belief? -- Stories Embedded in Place: Reassessing Ne as a Sacred Site -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Art and Cultural Heritage of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata: A View through the Terracotta Temples of Bishnupur, West Bengal -- Introduction. |
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| ISBN: | 303056522X |