Sökning: "sacred place"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 30 uppsatser innehållade orden sacred place.

  1. 1. Gropar i sten - Arkeologi och folklore kring estniska skålgropsstenar

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Elin Pirso; [2023-01-25]
    Nyckelord :Cup-marked stones; Estonian Folklore; Estonian Archaeology; Ohvrikivi; Hiis; Kultusekivi; Ukukivi; Estonian history; Sacrificial stones; Cupmarks; Petroglyphs;

    Sammanfattning : The country of Estonia holds over 1800 known cup-marked stones, but their origin is clouded in mystery and even more questions. There is no way to accurately date these ancient monuments as of today, but there are different patterns to explore connected to other archaeological monuments, geographical scatter and folklore. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Influence of Symbolic Meanings on the Return Migration of Êzîdîs : A Semiological Analysis of the Role of Sinjar Mountain for Internally Displaced Êzîdîs

    Master-uppsats,

    Författare :Selen Vargün Alıtkan; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Êzîdîs; return migration; Sinjar Mountain; symbolic meanings; topophilia;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the role of Sinjar Mountain in the return migration decisions of internally displaced Êzîdîs, who sought refuge in Iraq's camps after a devastating massacre in August 2014. Employing a semiotic approach, data was gathered via semi-structured interviews with NGO representatives and the analysis of visual videos. LÄS MER

  4. 3. "Thor Drives a Tesla" : Ritual and Sacred Space in Swedish Heathenism

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Författare :Mathilda Lönn; [2023]
    Nyckelord :paganism; heathenism; ritual; space; nature; disenchantment;

    Sammanfattning : Heathenism is a branch of Paganism based on Germanic mythology, whose diverse spiritual beliefs are united by a common sacrificial ritual called blot. The Swedish Heathen organization The Swedish Forn Sed Assembly [Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige] is a self-described nature religion, who see nature as sacred and whose public blot ceremonies are held outside in order to commune with the gods. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Yngre järnålderns rituella mötesplatser : En jämförande studie av Lilla Ullevi och Anundshög

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Helena Dellner; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Ritual; Cult site; Thing site; Archaeology; Interpretation; Lilla Ullevi; Anundshög; Ritual; Kultplats; Tingsplats; Arkeologi; Tolkning; Lilla Ullevi; Anundshög;

    Sammanfattning : Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att utmana tolkningar av arkeologiskt material som kan spegla rituella handlingar under yngre järnålder. Begreppet kult har blivit ett populärt samlingsbegrepp inom arkeologin men saknar ofta en tydlig definition. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Dödskult under yngre bronsåldern : Hantering av mänskliga ben i östra Mellansverige

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Jonna Bäckvall; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Human bones; late Bronze Age; East-central Sweden; heaps of fire-cracked stones; death cult; settlements; non-classical graves; sacred context; profane context; Människoben; yngre bronsåldern; östra Mellansverige; skärvstenshögar; dödskult; boplatser; icke klassiska gravar; sakrala kontexter; profana kontexter;

    Sammanfattning : For a long time, the human bones that were found outside the classical graves/grave context during the late Bronze Age were severely overlooked in research. It was first during the 1990’s that research took place and archaeologist like Anders Kaliff och Joanna Brück started studying this severely overlooked phenomena. LÄS MER