Rezultaty - "Land of the Dead"
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Hybrid Forms, Composite Creatures, and the Transit Between Worlds in Ancestral Puebloan Imagery
Wydane 2025-05-01“…Other worlds, especially those below, refer to past mythical times when animals and humans existed in primordial forms or were not fully formed, or may refer to the land of the dead or the underworld. Certain animal forms may have been selected because they are spirit guides, have specific powers, or were guardian-gods of cardinal directions. …”Rock imagery in the Puebloan region of the American Southwest often combines elements from different animal, human, plant, and natural sources. Blended elements may depict or refer to other-wordly states of existence or to creation narratives. Beings with combined elements can shift from shapes fami...
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Death in Igbo African ontology
Wydane 2019-06-01“…Their status in the land of the dead, which by the way is not far removed from the community depends on how well they had lived and how well their progeny had discharged their duties towards them, especially by according them a befitting burial. …”Death is man’s ultimate challenge. It is his ultimate puzzle. It is at the center of man’s quest for the meaning of his existence. Different cultures at various eras have approached death from their gamut of meanings. The Igbo African society like other cultures in the world have confronted death in...
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