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Founding Territorial Cults in Early Japan

The first book that deals with the territorial cults of early Japan by focusing on how such cults were founded in ownerless regions. Numerous ancient Japanese myths and legends are discussed to show that the typical founding ritual was a two-phase ritual that turned the territory into a horizontal m...

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Main Author: Domenig, G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Brill 2024
Subjects:
Ancient Japan
charter myths
comparative studies
creation myths
divination
foundation rituals
founder worship
Fudoki
Kojiki
land-claiming
Landnámabók
Nihon shoki
sacred groves
settlement geography
Shinto
spatial anthropology
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRR Other religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRL East Asian religions::QRRL3 Shintoism
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East::1FPJ Japan
Online Access:ONIX_20240223_9789004686458_44
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Summary:The first book that deals with the territorial cults of early Japan by focusing on how such cults were founded in ownerless regions. Numerous ancient Japanese myths and legends are discussed to show that the typical founding ritual was a two-phase ritual that turned the territory into a horizontal microcosm, complete with its own ‘terrestrial heaven’ inhabited by local deities. Reversing Mircea Eliade’s popular thesis, the author concludes that the concept of the human-made horizontal microcosm is not a reflection but the source of the religious concept of the macrocosm with gods dwelling high up in the sky.

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