Axis Mundi

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Axis Mundi

Axis Mundi

2020 ◽  
pp. 189-190
Author(s):  
David A. Leeming
Keyword(s):  
Axis Mundi

scholarly journals Księga Schulza, Księga Lema

Schulz/Forum ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tymoteusz Skiba
Keyword(s):  
Common Element ◽  
Fictional World ◽  
Crucial Element ◽  
Poetic Imagination ◽  
Axis Mundi

The Book is not only a crucial element of the fictional world of Schulz and Lem, but also a metaphor of creation. The poetic imagination of both writers is rooted in the mythical image of the ur-Book, the Authentic Scroll which makes the axis mundi of reality. The artistic task of Schulz was to reconstruct that lost idea, while Lem decided to abandon it in favor of a vision of enormous, overwhelming libraries. At any rate, the attitude toward the myth of the Book turns out to be a common element, if not a symbol characteristic of both Schulz’s and Lem’s fiction.

From Mexica axis mundi to Spanish conquest

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-27
Author(s):  
Benjamin A. Bross
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Conquest ◽  
Axis Mundi

Naissance et chute d’un sauveur

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-17
Author(s):  
Geneviève Pigeon
Keyword(s):  
Axis Mundi

Grizzly Man dresse le portrait de Timothy Treadwell. Passionné par les ours dont il partageait l’habitat, il a péri en 2003, dévoré par l’animal qu’il prétendait protéger. Le film se construit à partir de vidéos laissées par Treadwell qui n’hésitait pas à se mettre en scène pour construire son univers. Autofiction, idéalisation et mégalomanie teintent le discours de cet homme, discours que Herzog montre et respecte tout en invoquant les témoignages des spécialistes, parents, amis et collègues du défunt. En se posant comme un axis mundi, seul sauveur d’un monde en péril, Treadwell se construit au fil des ans une persona sacrée, figure centrale d’un paradis perdu que lui seul est à même de comprendre et d’ordonner.

Temple of Imra, Temple of Mahandeu: a Kafir sanctuary in Kalasha cosmology

1991 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
Hindu Kush ◽  
Comparative Religions ◽  
Heaven And Earth ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Present Conception ◽  
Axis Mundi

This article examines the mythical significance of the famous Afghan Kafir ‘Temple of Imra’ described in Robertson's Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush (1896: 389–92) within the cosmology of the Kalasha (‘Kalash Kafirs’) of Chitral in northern Pakistan. It is known as the ‘Temple of Mahandeu’ in Kalasha tradition, and stories about this sanctuary play an important role in the exegesis of all Kalasha rites. It is, indeed, a focal symbol of Kalasha cosmology: the site of an axis mundi linking heaven and earth with the underworld of the deceased, and the primordial domain of major deities. After examining narratives about this temple, I shall discuss several problems in the comparative religions of the Hindu Kush that such traditions help to elucidate. In recognition of the pioneering scholarship on this subject by Wolfgang Lentz (1974) and Lennart Edelberg (et al., 1959), I present here some Kalasha perspectives on an extraordinary Kafir sanctuary (cf. Jettmar, 1986: 50–51). But in discussing its significance in Kalasha cosmology, I also address broader questions about our present conception of religious knowledge in the Hindu Kush, particularly on the comparative ‘mythology’ of the Afghan Kafirs and of their Dardicspeaking neighbours in northern Pakistan

The Centrality of Faith in Fathers' Role Construction: The Faithful Father and the Axis Mundi Paradigm

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Latshaw
Keyword(s):  
Role Construction ◽  
Axis Mundi

scholarly journals ROOM ARRANGEMENT CONCEPT: THE SACRED-PROFANE OF HEIRLOOM HOUSES IN HUTAGODANG VILLAGE, MANDAILING

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Cut Nuraini
Keyword(s):  
Title Page ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Traditional Societies ◽  
Sacred Object ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Axis Mundi

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Traditional societies have always retained unique experiences and understanding about their houses. The experiences and understanding tend to be subjective, yet there is a real manifestation. This study aims to explain the concept of sacred-profane on room arrangement of heirloom houses at Mandailing society. This rationalistic study has been conducted in a descriptive-explorative way of using sacred-profane theory. The result shows that the room arrangement on heirloom houses of Mandailing society retain one space that is persistently existed, although the house is continued to grow, i.e., “Pantar Tonga” (middle room as living room). The room has become a universal pillar or axis mundi as well as sacred object. The sacred value of pantar tonga has reinforced the existence of the heirloom house until now without any significant change. </span></p><p><span>Keywords: Heirloom House, Sacred- Profane, Axis-Mundi, Pantar Tonga </span></p></div></div></div>

scholarly journals Comparative research on Korean jangseungs and Lithuanian religious monuments

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-135
Author(s):  
Martynas Šiaučiūnas-Kačinskas
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Research ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
Shaped Body ◽  
The World ◽  
Axis Mundi

Kyung Hee UniversityThe research deals with Korean jangseungs and Lithuanian religious monuments, which include various kinds of Christian crosses, chapels, chapel pillars, and roofed pillars. The latter two are sometimes referred to as chapel pillars and roofed pillars (or collectively, decorative crosses) in English. This research focuses on chapel- pillars and roofed pillarsdecorative crosses only. Such monuments are seen quite often all over both countries, and they attract the eyes of tourists visiting the countries. The shape of the monuments is quite different: Korean jangseungs are pillars with a human-shaped body and the Lithuanian monuments are pillars having many Christian symbols. After deeper analysis, it can be concluded that both monuments are closely related by their functions. They are erected at the boundaries of villages, in the most important places in villages, near roads and dangerous places, etc. These monuments from both countries are supposed to protect the sphere of human life and ensure prosperity, health, a good harvest, etc. They also have strong ties with the veneration of ancestors, still very vivid in these two countries. And since both monuments are pillars, they have deep relations with the world pillar (axis mundi): a belief widely known throughout the world.

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