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Founding Territorial Cults in Early Japan Traces of a Forgotten Ritual in Ancient Myths and Legends

Author
Domenig, G.
Published
Brill 2023
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English
Restrictions on Access
Open Access Unrestricted online access
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
9789004685819
9789004686458
Collection
OAPEN Library.
Funding Information
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Terms of Use and Reproduction
Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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