Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures : transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity

Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures : transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity / David W. Kim, editor.

This book offers global perspectives from Mediterranean, Asian, Australian, and American cultures on sacred sites and their related stories in regional history. Contemporary society witnesses many travelers visiting sacred sites (temples, mountains, castles, churches, houses) throughout the world. T...

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Other Authors: Kim, David W. (David William) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Subjects:
Sacred space > Cross-cultural studies.
Legends > Cross-cultural studies.
Oral tradition > Cross-cultural studies.
Legends
Oral tradition
Sacred space
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Traces of Places: Sacred Sites in Miniature on Minoan Gold Rings
  • 3. Reimagining Sacrosanct Sites in the Graphic Art of Kono Fumiyo
  • 4. Archaeology of a Coral Sea Ceremonial Pathway Duncan Wright, Alo Tapim, and James Zaro
  • 5. Art and Cultural Heritage of Mahabharata and Ramayana: A View through the Terracotta Temples of Bishnupur, West Bengal
  • 6. Jiba: The Sacred Place of Tenrikyo?
  • 7. Blurred Boundaries between Secular Memory and Sacred Space in Religious Tourism: Example of Two New Religions, the Mormon and Unification Faiths
  • 8. The Spiritual in the Mundane: The Poetry of the Shikoku O-Henro Pilgrimage
  • 9. Competition and Contestation at a Hindu-Muslim Shrine: The Case of the Sant Laldas in Mewat, North India
  • 10. Maitreyas Boundless Gaze: The Religious Implications of Maitreya Megas-Statues
  • 11. Contemporary Creations and Re-cognitions of Sacred Sites
  • 12. Is Sacred Site Discovered? Or Created?: A Case Study of Daesoon Jinrihoe
  • 13. Transformation of Admiral to the Sainthood and Sacred Stories of Chinese Sanctum Sanctorum from Malabar Coast.

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