scholarly journals Forest Spirits in the Udmurt Worldview

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-196
Author(s):  
Tatiana Panina ◽  
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Tatiana Vladykina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Belief System ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Folk Beliefs ◽  
Traditional Belief

Forest spirits are widely represented in the Udmurt traditional belief system. The present study is aimed at systematising traditional folk beliefs about the best-known mythological beings living in the woods, namely the n’ulesmurt (‘forest man’), palesmurt (lit: ‘half-man’), and obyda (‘forest woman’). The article provides a detailed description of the appearance of forest spirits, analyses their distinctive features and functions, and presents how beliefs about those mythological beings have evolved over the last centuries.

MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE IN CELTIC FOLKLORE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoriya Oschepkova ◽  
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Nataliya Solovyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Folk Beliefs ◽  
The Universe

The article discusses distinctive features of the model of universe, actualized in Celtic mythological texts. The authors describe the dualism of folk beliefs and the permeability of the border between “this” and “another” worlds; they analyze the language means representing the concepts of “border” and “portal”.

scholarly journals The Nexus between Igbo Traditional Belief System and Masquerade Act: A Pragmatic Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Innocent Ngangah
Keyword(s):  
Belief System ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Pragmatic Analysis

Ecologies of the Heart

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. N. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Rock Surface ◽  
The West ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Folk Beliefs

There is much we can learn about conservation from native peoples, says Gene Anderson. While the advanced nations of the West have failed to control overfishing, deforestation, soil erosion, pollution, and a host of other environmental problems, many traditional peoples manage their natural resources quite successfully. And if some traditional peoples mismanage the environment--the irrational value some place on rhino horn, for instance, has left this species endangered--the fact remains that most have found ways to introduce sound ecological management into their daily lives. Why have they succeeded while we have failed? In Ecologies of the Heart, Gene Anderson reveals how religion and other folk beliefs help pre-industrial peoples control and protect their resources. Equally important, he offers much insight into why our own environmental policies have failed and what we can do to better manage our resources. A cultural ecologist, Gene Anderson has spent his life exploring the ways in which different groups of people manage the environment, and he has lived for years in fishing communities in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Tahiti, and British Columbia--as well as in a Mayan farmtown in south Mexico--where he has studied fisheries, farming, and forest management. He has concluded that all traditional societies that have managed resources well over time have done so in part through religion--by the use of emotionally powerful cultural symbols that reinforce particular resource management strategies. Moreover, he argues that these religious beliefs, while seeming unscientific, if not irrational, at first glance, are actually based on long observation of nature. To illustrate this insight, he includes many fascinating portraits of native life. He offers, for instance, an intriguing discussion of the Chinese belief system known as Feng-Shui (wind and water) and tells of meeting villagers in remote areas of Hong Kong's New Territories who assert that dragons live in the mountains, and that to disturb them by cutting too sharply into the rock surface would cause floods and landslides (which in fact it does). He describes the Tlingit Indians of the Pacific Northwest, who, before they strip bark from the great cedar trees, make elaborate apologies to spirits they believe live inside the trees, assuring the spirits that they take only what is necessary. And we read of the Maya of southern Mexico, who speak of the lords of the Forest and the Animals, who punish those who take more from the land or the rivers than they need. These beliefs work in part because they are based on long observation of nature, but also, and equally important, because they are incorporated into a larger cosmology, so that people have a strong emotional investment in them. And conversely, Anderson argues that our environmental programs often fail because we have not found a way to engage our emotions in conservation practices. Folk beliefs are often dismissed as irrational superstitions. Yet as Anderson shows, these beliefs do more to protect the environment than modern science does in the West. Full of insights, Ecologies of the Heart mixes anthropology with ecology and psychology, traditional myth and folklore with informed discussions of conservation efforts in industrial society, to reveal a strikingly new approach to our current environmental crises.

scholarly journals The historical development and challenges of Islam in Ila-Orangun, Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
R Ibrahim Adebayo
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
The South ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
The People ◽  
The Town

<p>Like many other Yoruba towns in the south-western Nigeria, Ila-Orangun which<br />is popularly referred to as the principal town of Igbominaland witnessed the<br />coming of Islam during a period when paganism had eaten deep into the<br />fabric of every sphere of life of the people. The uniqueness of Islam in the<br />town is that it has not been able to bring to an end the traditional belief<br />system of the people ever since its inception. This is probably because of the<br />status of the town as one of the towns founded by one of the sons of Oduduwa<br />from the great ancestral land, Ile-Ife. This paper therefore takes a look at the<br />inception of Islam in this ancient town to determine the extent of influence<br />of traditional belief system on the practice of Islam in it and the methods<br />adopted by the early Muslim clerics to penetrate the town with a view to<br />breaking the genes of darkness in the town. Attempts are also made to discuss<br />some latest developments on Islam in town, namely Imamship tussle and<br />other challenges facing the Muslim community there. The paper concludes by<br />identifying some steps necessary to be taken by the Muslim community in the<br />town for them to be able to place the religion on a better pedestal.</p><p>Seperti banyak kota-kota Yoruba lainnya di selatan-barat Nigeria, Ila-Orangun<br />yang populer disebut sebagai kota utama Igbominaland, menyaksikan<br />kedatangan Islam selama periode ketika paganisme telah mengakar jauh ke<br />dalam setiap bidang kehidupan masyarakat. Keunikan Islam di kota ini adalah<br />bahwa Islam belum mampu membawa pada berakhirnya sistem kepercayaan<br />tradisional masyarakat sejak awal. Ini mungkin karena status kota sebagai salah<br />satu kota yang didirikan oleh salah satu putra dari Oduduwa dari tanah leluhur<br />besar, Ile-Ife. Oleh karena itu tulisan ini berupaya melihat perkembangan awal<br />Islam di kota kuno ini untuk mengetahui sejauh mana pengaruh sistem<br />kepercayaan tradisional pada praktek Islam di dalamnya dan metode yang<br />diadopsi oleh para ulama Muslim awal untuk menembus kota dengan maksud<br />untuk menerobos kegelapan di kota ini. Paper juga berupaya untuk membahas<br />beberapa perkembangan terbaru tentang Islam di kota ini, yaitu soal ke-imaman<br />dan tantangan lain yang dihadapi masyarakat Muslim di sana. Makalah ini<br />menyimpulkan perlunya mengidentifikasi beberapa langkah yang diambil oleh<br />komunitas Muslim di kota ini agar mereka dapat menegakkan agama Islam<br />pada alas yang lebih baik.</p>

scholarly journals Ancestor Worshiping Beliefs in the Beliefs and Religion Life of Vietnamese People: Nature, Values, and Changes of it in the Current Period

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Trong Long ◽  
Vu Hong Van
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Ancestor Worship ◽  
Folk Beliefs ◽  
Negative Side ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Current Period ◽  
Humanistic Spirit ◽  
The Right

In all forms of folk beliefs, ancestor worship is a universal traditional belief form of the Vietnamese people. As a Vietnamese people, &ldquo;everyone worships their ancestors, everyone worships their parents and grandparent&rdquo;. Ancestor worship is a common belief in the whole country. It is a belief that expresses the deeply humanistic spirit of the Vietnamese people and has great values in human life. So, what is the nature of ancestor worship? What is the values of ancestor worship in life? And in the context of globalization, how has this the belief changed? This study focuses on analyzing the above contents, thereby highlighting the value of this belief in the spiritual life of Vietnamese people; to point out the positive and negative changes of this belief in the current period; from that, take the right measures to bring into play the positive and limit the negative side of those changes in the spiritual life of Vietnamese people.

Structural Organization and Distribution of Fiber Types in Extraocular Muscles of Cats

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Asish C. Nag ◽  
Lee D. Peachey
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Type ◽  
Light And Electron Microscopy ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Extraocular Muscles ◽  
Fiber Types ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Superior Rectus ◽  
Adult Cats ◽  
Different Diameters ◽  
Orbital Region

Cat extraocular muscles consist of two regions: orbital, and global. The orbital region contains predominantly small diameter fibers, while the global region contains a variety of fibers of different diameters. The differences in ultrastructural features among these muscle fibers indicate that the extraocular muscles of cats contain at least five structurally distinguishable types of fibers.Superior rectus muscles were studied by light and electron microscopy, mapping the distribution of each fiber type with its distinctive features. A mixture of 4% paraformaldehyde and 4% glutaraldehyde was perfused through the carotid arteries of anesthetized adult cats and applied locally to exposed superior rectus muscles during the perfusion.

Common and distinctive features of similarity: Effect of behavioral method

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno L. Giordano ◽  
Catherine Guastavino ◽  
Emma Murphy ◽  
Mattson Ogg ◽  
Bennett Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Behavioral Method ◽  
Similarity Effect

Web-Based Financial Reporting: An Interpretative Model for Corporate Communications on Social Media

2017 ◽  
pp. 79-112
Author(s):  
Paola Ramassa ◽  
Costanza Di Fabio
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Corporate Communications ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Financial Communication ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Interpretative Model

This paper aims at contributing to financial reporting literature by proposing a conceptual interpretative model to analyse the corporate use of social media for financial communication purposes. In this perspective, the FIRE model provides a framework to study social media shifting the focus on the distinctive features that might enhance web investor relations. The model highlights these features through four building blocks: (i) firm identity (F); (ii) information posting (I); (iii) reputation (R); and (iv) exchange and diffusion (E). They represent key aspects to explore corporate communication activities and might offer a framework to interpret to what degree corporate web financial reporting exploits the potential of social media. Accordingly, the paper proposes metrics based on this model aimed at capturing the interactivity of corporate communications via social media, with a particular focus on web financial reporting. It tries to show the potential of this model by illustrating an exploratory empirical analysis investigating to what extent companies use social media for financial reporting purposes and whether firms are taking advantage of Twitter distinctive features of interaction and diffusion.

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