Essays about: "sacred place"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words sacred place.

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

    University essay from

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

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

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

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Mathilda Lönn; [2023]
    Keywords : paganism; heathenism; ritual; space; nature; disenchantment;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Serapeum project : Discussing the origins, landscape choice and building motivation behind the New Kingdom sacred bull burial site using landscape archaeology.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Egyptologi

    Author : Natanya Newton; [2021]
    Keywords : Amenhotep III; Apis bull; landscape selection; New Kingdom; Khaemwaset; Rameses II; Saqqara; Serapeum.;

    Abstract : Since the discovery of the Apis bull catacombs known as the Serapeum in the 1800’s by Auguste Mariette, Saqqara has become a topic of interest amongst archaeologists and Egyptologists. This in turn has prompted many new research attempts to try and better understand the function and significance of the funerary practices which took place there. READ MORE

  5. 4. The right to undertake industrial actions against an employer already bound by a collective agreement - An analysis in the light of the conflict in the port of Gothenburg

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Axel Stigmar; [2018]
    Keywords : Collective agreement; ECHR; EU; Freedom of association; Hamnfyran; ILO; Industrial action; Industrial peace; LO; Port of Gothenburg; the right to strike; The Swedish model Transport ECHR; Fredsplikt; Föreningsfrihet; Göteborgs Hamn; Hamnkonflikten; Kollektivavtal; Stridsåtgärder; Strejk; MBL; Svenska modellen Transport; Business and Economics; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to analyse the right to undertake industrial actions and freedom of association, especially in the case where a collective agreement already is in place. The thesis applies mainly three perspectives: a national, an international and lastly one with the concrete use of the ongoing conflict in the port of Gothenburg. READ MORE

  6. 5. Where Life Takes Place, Where Place Makes Life : Theoretical Approaches to the Australian Aboriginal Conceptions of Place

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Religionsvetenskap

    Author : Tomas Stenbäck; [2018]
    Keywords : place; space; sacred place; sacred space; religion; Dreamtime; Dreaming; Altjiringa; Abiding Events; Abiding Law; Law; Australia; Aboriginal; Indigenous; animism; Arrernte; Aranda; Achilpa; Tjilpa; axis mundi; Mircea Eliade; Jonathan Z. Smith; Tim Ingolds; Tony Swain; Monica Engelhart; plats; religion; Australien; australier; urfolk; animism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay has been to relate the Australian Aboriginal conceptions of place to three different theoretical perspectives on place, to find what is relevant in the Aboriginal context, and what is not. The aim has been to find the most useful theoretical approaches for further studies on the Australian Aboriginal conceptions of place. READ MORE