Essays about: "ancestral worship"

Found 4 essays containing the words ancestral worship.

  1. 1. Death's reflection in the water : Mortuary ritual, ancestral worship and the cosmological significance of water on the island of Gotland during the Pitted Ware culture

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Maja Hed; [2021]
    Keywords : ritual; neolithic; grave goods; cosmology; flowing water; divinity; death; Pitted Ware culture; ritual; neolitikum; gravgåvor; kosmologi; rörligt vatten; gudomlighet; död; Gropkeramisk kultur;

    Abstract : The Pitted Ware culture on Gotland presents a multitude of material that allow archeologists to re-construct and visit the socio-economic structure of a middle-neolithic settlement in the Baltic sea. I will be analyzing the archaeological material in accordance to the ocean, and to what we can interpret as ritual and cosmological variables at the site through ritual theory, and with a method of comparative analogy and research. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Tripartite Ideology : Interactions between threefold symbology, treuddar and the elite in Iron Age Scandinavia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Austin Main; [2020]
    Keywords : treudd; tripartite; odal; ancestral worship; liminality; Iron Age; Old Norse religion;

    Abstract : Amongst the Iron Age Scandinavian elite, there are several supra-regional and multifaceted tripartite (or threefold) symbolic expressions. These include expressions found in art, artefacts and monuments, such as the triangular stone-settings, or Sw. treuddar, which may be the strongest manifestation in the landscape. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Homage to the Ancestors : A study of the secondary use of ancient fortifications as burial grounds during the Late Iron Age on Gotland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Lauren Bokor; [2019]
    Keywords : ancient fortifications; hill-forts; ring-forts; Iron Age; ancestral worship; memory; landscape; Fornborgar; höjdborgar; ringborgar; järnålder; förfädersdyrkan; minne; landskap;

    Abstract : Fortifications are a common type of ancient monument found throughout Scandinavia, and while the functions of forts are studied and debated quite heavily, the re-use of these structures is less known. On Gotland, there exist 84 ancient fortifications, of which approximately one-third have burials or registered graves within or in close proximity to their locations. READ MORE

  5. 4. THE HUMAN RIGHT TO EDUCATION OF THE VANNIYALA-ETTO COMMUNITY (THE FOREST-DWELLERS) IN SRI LANKA AS AN EMPWERMENT RIGHT

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Shirani Rajapakse; [2006]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sri Lanka is a small island in the Indian Ocean with a population of 19.5 million. UN (2005), <&semichttp://news.bbc. READ MORE