Ancestors Goddesses And Heroes
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Ancestors Goddesses And Heroes
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Author : Stiftung Humboldt Stiftung Humboldt Forum
language : en
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag
Release Date : 2023-01-13
Ancestors Goddesses And Heroes written by Stiftung Humboldt Stiftung Humboldt Forum and has been published by Deutscher Kunstverlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-13 with Art categories.
Protecting, healing, or punishing--people of various eras and origins have attributed such powers to the sculptures that are being presented together here for the first time: be it the sculpture of the Mangaaka from what is today the Republic of Congo, the protective goddess Mahamayuri from China, or the Maria on the globe from Southern Germany. Forty-five objects created between the fourth and the nineteenth century from two museums in Berlin provide a vivid testimony to the ever-present need for protection and orientation when dealing with individual or social crises. They represent the existence of an invisible world of gods, spirits, or ancestors, and create a connection between this world and a "different reality." As a result of how they are presented in museums, their context of use is, however, often lost--a situation that is reflected on by the authors of this book. Objects that protect people and offer orientation in crisis situations -- a universal topic in the history of humankind
Goddesses Heroes And Shamans
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Author : David Bellingham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Goddesses Heroes And Shamans written by David Bellingham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Folklore categories.
A guide to the great myths and legends of the ancient world explains how certain myths developed, explores common themes shared by different regions, and includes the more diverse cultures of Siberia, India, and the Amazon.
The Goddesses Henchmen
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Author : Lindsey Harlan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-06-05
The Goddesses Henchmen written by Lindsey Harlan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-05 with Religion categories.
The Rajputs ruled the vast majority of the kingdoms that were joined together after Indian independence to form the state of Rajasthan, "Land of Kings." An important part of Rajput religion is the worship of "heroes" who have died in battle. This practice has attained new significance in recent years, as right-wing Hindu activists have deployed narratives about heroism in Rajput wars with Muslim emperors. In this book, Lindsey Harlan explores the idea of the Rajput hero. She is particularly interested in the role played by gender in stories about heroes and in their worship. She looks at the differences between female and male storytellers, the relationships of the hero to the women in his tale, and the relationship of the hero to the goddess for whom he is both sacrifice and henchman. She obtains her materials from interviews with Rajput families and their servants, from songfests, from bystanders at shrines, from ritual specialists. Ultimately she shows how heroic traditions encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, defined most visibly against the backdrop of domesticity and femininity. More broadly she argues that heroes reflect ever-changing valuations of history, and serve as sources of inspiration for facing contemporary challenges (domestic, communal, national) and concerns about the future.
Encyclopedia Of Korean Folk Beliefs
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Author : The National Folk Museum of Korea (South Korea)
language : en
Publisher: 길잡이미디어
Release Date : 2014-07-17
Encyclopedia Of Korean Folk Beliefs written by The National Folk Museum of Korea (South Korea) and has been published by 길잡이미디어 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-17 with Folklore categories.
Concepts Rites and Officiants Divinities and Sacred Entities Ritual Venues Ritual Props Ritual Offerings References List of Photographs
The Goddesses Henchmen
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Author : Lindsey Harlan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2003
The Goddesses Henchmen written by Lindsey Harlan and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
This title examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies dispatching sacrificed heroes to heavenly paradise.
Goddesses Heroes And Shamans
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Author : David Bellingham
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 1994-01
Goddesses Heroes And Shamans written by David Bellingham and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A guide to the great myths and legends of the ancient world explains how certain myths developed, explores common themes shared by different regions, and includes the more diverse cultures of Siberia, India, and the Amazon
Ancient Chamorro Society
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Author : Lawrence J. Cunningham
language : en
Publisher: Bess Press
Release Date : 1992
Ancient Chamorro Society written by Lawrence J. Cunningham and has been published by Bess Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
A comprehensive ethnohistory of the earliest people to settle the Mariana Islands. Maps, line drawings, glossary, bibliography, and index.
In Search Of Our Ancient Ancestors
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Author : Anthony Adolph
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2015-10-30
In Search Of Our Ancient Ancestors written by Anthony Adolph and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-30 with Reference categories.
A top genealogist “shows how genetics helps and how it roots each of us in this magnificent story of Life on Earth in the most meaningful way imaginable.”—Reunite Magazine “What a fine long pedigree you have given the human race.”—Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1863 How distantly are we related to dinosaurs? How much of your DNA came from Neanderthals? How are the builders of Stonehenge connected to great-grandpa? According to science, life first appeared on Earth about 3,500 million years ago. Every living thing is descended from that first spark, including all of us. But if we trace a direct line down from those original life forms to ourselves, what do we find? What is the full story of our family tree over the past 3,500 million years, and how are we able to trace ourselves so far back? From single-celled organisms to sea-dwelling vertebrates; amphibians to reptiles; tiny mammals to primitive man; the first Homo sapiens to the cave painters of Ice Age Europe and the first farmers down to the Norman Conquest, this book charts not only the extraordinary story of our ancient ancestors but also our 40,000-year-long quest to discover our roots, from ancient origin myths of world-shaping mammoths and great floods down to the scientific discovery of our descent from the Genetic Adam and the Mitochondrial Eve. “Having read it I’m still slightly shell-shocked by the range of topics that he covers, from the origins of the universe and life on Earth to the present-day DNA analysis that aims to answer some of our questions about our past. And everything in between!”—LostCousins
Gods Goddesses And Mythology
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Release Date : 2005
Gods Goddesses And Mythology written by and has been published by Marshall Cavendish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Mythology categories.
Contains alphabetized entries on deities, concepts, practices, places, and objects related to the mythologies of cultures throughout history, and features color photos and sidebars. This volume covers Ach-Ara.
An Archaeology Of Ancestors
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Author : Carla Maria Antonaccio
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1995
An Archaeology Of Ancestors written by Carla Maria Antonaccio and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
In this fresh consideration of the origins of the ancient Greeks' ideas and practices concerning their own past, Carla M. Antonaccio demonstrates that hero cult and ancestor cult persisted, throughout the Iron Age, long before epic poetry's heroic narratives were widely disseminated. Although it was not until the dissolution of Iron Age societies that epic poetry and organized hero cult developed to aid claims to legitimacy, practices such as visiting tombs to make offerings were common, and contradict the usual picture of Iron Age religious conservatism.