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Zohreh Baradaran Hosseini: The Role of Water in Iranian Folklore
Zohreh Baradaran Hosseini: The Role of Water in Iranian Folklore

Zohreh Baradaran Hosseini - The Role of Water in Iranian Folklore

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This study examines the role of water in a range of beliefs and observances among Iranian communities belonging to two religions, Zoroastrianism and Islam. The work seeks to show that many of the traditional observances connected with water that are found in Islamic communities in Iran have no obvious connection with an Islamic worldview based upon the official teachings of that religion, and probably continued to be observed from pre-Islamic times onwards. The work also seeks to show how customs that appear in a number of places such as rain ceremonies contribute to a sense of “Iranian? identity that is determined by the cultural history of Iran as much as by the community’s religion. [...]

Schlagworte

Iran, Folklore, Zoroastrianism, Beliefs, Rituals and Practices, Sacred places, Kerman, Religious studies, Religion

  • Autor*in
    Zohreh Baradaran Hosseini
  • Seiten
    232
  • Zusatzinfos
    – in englischer Sprache –
  • Jahr
    Hamburg 2014
  • ISBN
    978-3-8300-7962-0
  • Schriftenreihe
    Schriften zur Kulturwissenschaft
  • ISSN
    1435-6589
  • Band
    110
  • Fachbereich
    Geisteswissenschaft

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