scholarly journals Indian Mythical Origin and Symbolic Archetype of Vajra

2011 ◽  
Vol null (33) ◽  
pp. 59-103
Author(s):  
김미숙
Keyword(s):  
Mythical Origin

scholarly journals On the Mythical Origin of Yajñopavīta

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankur Betageri
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Social Revolution ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Will ◽  
Mythical Origin ◽  
Geographical Context

Purānas which get written in accordance with the Vedas recreate the āstika ethos in a completely different social, temporal, and geographical context. Devānga Purāna dated to around 1532 CE and written after the social revolution in Kalyana in the twelfth century reaffirms the strength of the Vedic tradition by embracing the liberal and esoteric elements in Upanishadic thought. In this essay I look at the formation of Vedic ethos by focusing on a mythological narrative concerning the origin of yajñopavīta. I claim that the yajñopavīta was invented to intensify the will to non-knowledge.

IX. The Origin of the Āhoms

1913 ◽  
Vol 45 (02) ◽  
pp. 283-287
Author(s):  
P. R. Gurdon
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
British India ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mythical Origin ◽  
Or History

Mr. Gait, on pp. 71 and 72 of hisHistory of Assam, has given the mythical origin of the Āhoms, the branch of the Shán or Tai race which invaded Assam in the thirteenth century and which held sovereignty there for centuries till A.D. 1826, when Assam became a portion of British India. Mr. Gait's authority was probably the old Āhom Buranji, or history, which with other Buranjis was translated under the orders of the Assam Administration by Srijut Golap Chandra Barua. Mr. Gait describes how Lengdan. the king of heaven, directed his son Thenkham to descend to earth and establish a kingdom there. Thenkham was unwilling to leave heaven, and so it was arranged that his two sons Khunlung and Khunlai should go instead. Lengdan presented them with an idol called Somdeo, a magic sword (or Hengdán), two drums to be used for invoking divine aid, and four cocks for telling the omens.

Lovo, rock images, and mythology in the Land of the Kongo

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffroy Heimlich ◽  
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec ◽  
Clément Mambu Nsangathi
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Congo Brazzaville ◽  
Mythical Origin

In Kongo Central, rock art sites stretch from Kinshasa to the Atlantic coast and from northern Angola to southern Congo-Brazzaville. Preliminary research revealed one coherent entity situated north of the Kongo kingdom: the Lovo Massif, presently inhabited by the Ndibu, one of the Kongo subgroups. Comparison of the ethnological, historical, archaeological, and mythological points of view confirms that certain Kongo ritual and symbolic aspects are pre-Christian and refer to cosmogony, anthropogony, or narratives associated with the mythical origin of death. Investigating rock images allows us to better understand the link between the images, the myths, and their repercussions on the life of the Kongo today.

Repetitions

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Édouard Glissant
Keyword(s):  
The Usa ◽  
Mythical Origin

Here Glissant distinguishes between ‘atavistic’ and ‘composite’ cultures. The former are based on the ideas of a sacred ‘Genesis’ and of ‘filiation’, i.e., an uninterrupted line of descent. ‘Composite’ cultures are creolized, based on a mixture of cultures and with a historical (i.e., formed by colonization) rather than mythical origin: what he terms a ‘digenesis’. But not all multi-ethnic societies are composite: the USA is an example of a culture in which the different groups remain separate.

Nature as a Mythical Origin (abstract)

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 360-361
Author(s):  
Francesco Colli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mythical Origin

The Mythical Origin of the Egyptian Temple

1971 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
J. Gwyn Griffiths ◽  
E. A. E. Reymond
Keyword(s):  
Mythical Origin

Chieftaincy and the State in Abacha's Nigeria: Kingship, Political Rivalry and Competing Histories in Abeokuta During the 1990s

Africa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Insa Nolte
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Political Power ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Rivalry ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Mythical Origin

AbstractThis article investigates the relationship between chieftaincy and the state in modern Nigeria. It focuses on politics and the mythical history of kings in the city of Abeokuta and argues that, particularly during the 1990s, the royal politics of the town drew heavily on different versions of mythical history. The reasons are twofold. They concern, first, the traditional political discourse of Yoruba kingship, in which a king's legitimacy can be discussed in terms of the attributes of the royalpersonahe embodies. In this context, legitimacy and status are often discussed as the first king's mythical origin. However, the continued political relevance and even volatility of this discourse in the 1990s related to the nature of the Nigerian state, in which traditional status is closely associated with political power.

114. Mythical Origin of Cattle in Africa.

Man ◽  
1946 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 140 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. W. Jeffreys
Keyword(s):  
Mythical Origin
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