Sökning: "Ritual of passage"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 uppsatser innehållade orden Ritual of passage.
1. Thresholds to the ancestors : An examination of south-west portals with regards to cult and symbolism
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : This thesis examines the relevancy of south-west portals with regards to their potential usage in post-burial ritual activity with particular focus on the deposition of sacrificial offerings. South-west portals are a type of stone constructions found on the edges of mounds and stone settings in eastern central Sweden usually dating to the Viking Age (c. LÄS MER
2. A Place of Passage : Disturbed burials and dispersed human bone remains from the Mid-Neolithic burial ground at Ajvide on Gotland
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : The Mid-Neolithic site of Ajvide on the Baltic Island of Gotland comprises the burials of 89 individuals within 85 separate burial contexts (Österholm 2008). Some of these individuals were detected with absent skeletal elements, such as the cranium, which have been believed to be represented by the considerable number of dispersed human bone fragments discovered from the site (Burenhult 2002: 33, see also Lundén 2012). LÄS MER
3. "Det är ingen punkt, det är ett kommatecken.." : En hermeneutisk intervjustudie om kristna och borgerliga begravningsritualer
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis has been to contribute with an increased understanding of how funeral rituals can contribute to relatives' grief work as a coping strategy and to see what distinguishes and what unites Christian and civil funerals. This has been investigated using qualitative, semi-structured interviews that have been analyzed with a hermeneutic approach. LÄS MER
4. Kvartersbadet
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöSammanfattning : We need places in the city where we can just be, slow down and have experiences that are sensual and bodily. When communal baths were built in the cities of Sweden, it was largely for hygienic reasons, a place where people washed weekly. Now you could say that bathing is a kind of ritual, something that we do for the sake of the experience. LÄS MER
5. Med den ena foten i vildmarken och den andra i Kanaan : En redaktionskritisk analys av Exodus 24:1-11
Magister-uppsats, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologiSammanfattning : This thesis consists of a redaction-critical analysis of Exodus 24:1-11. It is obvious that v 1-2; 9-11 and v 3-8 are originating from different narratives and hence the different sections shall be treated separately in the thesis. LÄS MER