Founding Territorial Cults in Early Japan: Traces of a Forgotten Ritual in Ancient Myths and Legends
The first book that deals with the territorial cults of early Japan by focusing on how such cults were founded in ownerless regions. Numerous ancient Japanese myths and legends are discussed to show that the typical founding ritual was a two-phase ritual that turned the territory into a horizontal m...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
[Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar]
Brill
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Further subjects: | B
Asian History
B Japan B Anthropology B Shintoism |
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| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Summary: | The first book that deals with the territorial cults of early Japan by focusing on how such cults were founded in ownerless regions. Numerous ancient Japanese myths and legends are discussed to show that the typical founding ritual was a two-phase ritual that turned the territory into a horizontal microcosm, complete with its own ‘terrestrial heaven’ inhabited by local deities. Reversing Mircea Eliade’s popular thesis, the author concludes that the concept of the human-made horizontal microcosm is not a reflection but the source of the religious concept of the macrocosm with gods dwelling high up in the sky |
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| ISBN: | 978-90-04-68645-8 978-90-04-68581-9 |
| Access: | Open Access |
