There are countless high mountains in Tibet, and ancient Tibetans believed that gods resided on every one of them. The worship of mountain gods was one of the most important forms of nature worship among ancient Tibetans; it was fundamental to their entire belief system. Each mountain god possessed his own territory and was in charge of particular affairs. Around each god sprang up myths, legen...

abstract the nature and origin of human behaviors, as the main factors in the development of body and soul, have been studied and analyzed from different perspectives, including philosophy, psychology and physiology. in religious teachings, human behaviors are addressed through being classified into active and stative and also conscious and non-conscious behaviors and their effects on the life ...

In the Andes, prominent mountains are revered as earthly spirits that protect, but may also punish, their human constituents. These apu were often linked to distant ancestors and are considered the most important local deities. During the phase of the earliest highland Andean expansive states (AD 600–1000), the Wari and Tiwanaku utilized mountain worship as a means of establishing hegemony over...

This article offers an example of Adventist ethnic churches in São Paulo. Next, it analyzes the contextualization worship among those groups. Finally, explores possibilities face growing missionary challenges these urban contexts cultural plurality. The data was collected three ways: (1) exchange e-mails with current pastors nine contextual projects; (2) ethnographic observations two projects (...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between self-reported dysmenorrhoea and patterns of female initiation rites at menarche among Amazonian indigenous peoples of Vaupés in Colombia. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of all women in seven indigenous communities. Questionnaire administered in local language documented female initiation rites and experience of dysmenorrhoea. Analysis examined...

Korean religion and folklore are abundant in legends beliefs about the serpent. Cheju island is a particularly precious source of information snake-worship, not only because its relative isolation from mainland enabled it to preserve certain longer than peninsula, but also distinctive, indigenous culture gave rise peculiar belief-system by adopting elements outside world. We have more on snake-...

Purpose – Sport celebrities often endorse their team, their sport, and non-sports-related products. Increased idolizing of sport celebrities by adolescents is one artifact of this promotional practice. Although seemingly innocuous, adolescents who idolize sport celebrities may, as adults, come to worship such celebrities; this unhealthy obsession may afflict 10 percent or more of adults. If ado...

The present study finds that, for Whites, worship attendance is associated with heightened support for racial segregation. This has much to do with the fact that the individuals that attend worship service the least, secular and young adults, tend to be more racially progressive. That is, the extent to which secular and Generation X and Y individuals attend worship services as often as others, ...