Sacred Sites and Sacred Stories Across Cultures
Transmission of Oral Tradition, Myth, and Religiosity
This book offers global perspectives from Mediterranean, Asian, Australian, and American cultures on sacred sites and their related stories in regional history. Contemporary society witnesses many travelers visiting sacred sites (temples, mountains, castles, churches, houses) throughout the world. These visits often involve discovery of new historical facts through the origin stories of the associated tribe, region, or nation. The transmission of oral tradition and myth carries on the significant meaning of those religious sites. This volume unveils multi-angle perspectives of symbolic and mystical places. The contributors describe the religi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-030-56521-3
- EAN: 9783030565213
- Produktnummer: 35676995
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 420 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.7 cm 653 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
- Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 653
Über den Autor
David W. Kim is Associate Professor of Asian History at Kookmin University, Seoul, and a Visiting Fellow at the School of History, Australian National University, Canberra.
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