Format:
xviii, 397 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9780367445133
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9780367445126
Content:
"Describing sacred waters and their associated traditions in over thirty countries and across multiple time periods, this book identifies patterns in panhuman hydrolatry. Supplying life's most basic daily need, freshwater sources were most likely the earliest sacred sites, and the first protected and contested resource. Guarded by taboos, rites and supermundane forces, freshwater sources have also been considered thresholds to otherworlds. Often associated with also venerated stones, trees and healing flora, sacred water sources are sites of biocultural diversity. Addressing themes that will shape future water research, this volume examines cultural perceptions of water's sacrality that can be employed to foster resilient human-environmental relationships in the growing water crises of the twenty-first century. The work combines perspectives from anthropology, religious studies, sociology, geography, archaeology, history and folklore"
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781003010142
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Ray, Celeste Sacred Waters Milton : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9781000025088
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Sacred waters Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge,, 2020 ISBN 9781003010142
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1003010148
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781000025026
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1000025020
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781000025088
Additional Edition:
ISBN 100002508X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781000024968
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1000024962
Language:
English
Keywords:
Wasser
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Alltagskultur
;
Heiligtum
;
Aufsatzsammlung
