Sökning: "religionshistoria"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 320 uppsatser innehållade ordet religionshistoria.

  1. 1. Helgonet med ett hundhuvud,en symbol-analys av Sankt Kristoffer : En djupdykning i meningen med forntida monster i ett kristet sammanhang

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Alexander Nesi; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Saint Christopher; dogheaded; cynocephali symbolism; christianity; orthodox; saint; old testament; bible; esotericism; symbolic analysis; armenia; synaxarion; the golden legend; Sankt Kristoffer; hundhuvud; cynocephalus; symbolik; kristendom; ortodox; helgon; gamla testamentet; bibeln; esoterisk; symbolanalys; armenien; synaxarion; den gyllene legenden;

    Sammanfattning : This essay studies the historical phenomenon of dog-headed men (cynocephaly) andSaint Christopher who is in eastern-orthodox iconography depicted as a dog headedman. The study argues that a symbolic and phenomenological perspective is preferredto understand mythical figures with “unnatural” depictions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Hair : En intervjustudie om afrohår i relation till femininitet och skönhet

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap

    Författare :Sara Abraham; [2024]
    Nyckelord :afro-textured hair; hegemonic femininity; whiteness; racialized beauty; Swedish exceptionalism.;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to research the implications of Afro-Swedish women's relationship with their hair and how it pertains to their view of femininity and beauty. Four one-on-one semi-structured interviews with Afro-Swedish women were conducted to collect relevant material. LÄS MER

  4. 3. "Där det skedde något riktigt ont, där var Djävulen med." : En kvalitativ folkloristisk studie om djävulssägner i Karlstad stift mellan åren ca. 1870-1950.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Marcus Andersson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :the devil; folklore; religious history; Wolf-Knuts; folk beliefs; revival; 19th century; 20th century; djävulen; folkloristik; religionshistoria; väckelse; folktro; Wolf-Knuts; 1800-tal; 1900-tal;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses devil beliefs in Karlstad diocese during the years ca. 1870-1950. The aim of thethesis is to shed light on devil tales that were told during the above-mentioned timeframe with thetheoretical framework of Ulrika Wolf-Knuts’s devil genres. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Den föränderliga gränsen : Myndigheternas gränskontroll i Sverige 1918-1924

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap

    Författare :Sonja Huhtakangas; [2024]
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  7. 5. Bodies of the Zohar : Kabbalistic Views on the Human Body

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Hedda Lindstedt Grahn; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Kabbalah; the Zohar; Jewish mysticism; Medieval; Bodies; Impurity;

    Sammanfattning : Through the Zohar, the major medieval kabbalistic work, the human body is used in order to symbolise the divine structure. Present throughout are also dire warnings against the dangers of the flesh – a sense of anxiety often surrounds matters of the body. LÄS MER