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Latin mythology and its European reflexes [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2021 This paper tries to synthesise the evolution and specificity of Latin mythology. Its primitive forms were mostly rural, with minor indigenous deities, and consisted mainly of ritual for practical purposes (invoking protection for agricultural crops ...
Petre Gheorghe BÂRLEA
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders and Functional Urinary Disorders: A Fortuitous Association?
Behavioral Sciences, 2021 Although psychological factors are known to affect bladder and bowel control, the occurrence of functional urinary disorders in patients with psychiatric disorders has not been well-studied or described.
Qin Xiang Ng +4 more
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Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, 2019 In Myanmar, the Rohingya were prohibited from engaging in activities that preserved their cultural and religious identities. An assessment was conducted by the International Organization for Migration in 2018 with Rohingya refugees residing in Cox’s ...
Olga Rebolledo
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« Ils ont transformé la divinité Yuma en Dieu ! »
Ateliers d'Anthropologie, 2021 This article focuses on recent changes in Limbu rituals in Sikkim, and especially the disagreement between a new religious movement called Yumaism—centred on the cult of a young woman considered a reincarnation of the Limbu domestic deity Yuma—and those ...
Mélanie Vandenhelsken
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Staging deaths: King Sverre or a usurper’s path to the throne
Medievalista, 2018 The present study explores how the Norwegian usurper, King Sverre (1184-1202) exploited three princely burials to overthrow the ruling king and establish his dynasty.
David Brégaint
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Global Crime, 2015 Why do criminals use rituals? Past work argues that criminal rituals provide a sense of continuity or certainty in an inherently uncertain environment. We argue instead that rituals play an important organizational role. Criminal rituals facilitate internal governance and promote group activity through three mechanisms: creating common knowledge ...
Skarbek, David Benjamin, Wang, Peng
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Context of Mourning During the Pandemic: Spaces, Rituals, Outgoings, and Survivors
Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 2022 This research deals with the experiences of people who lost relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ways they understand and cope with death, and the sad picture they create through space and rituals. Qualitative data was composed based on narratives
Ömer Canpolat, Hatice Yaprak Civelek
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Embodiment, empathy, rituals. What to do with the past after the end of history
Caminhos da História, 2022 Starting out from the assumptions that, in the first place, the academic discipline of “History” used to be grounded on the “historical world view”, as it had established itself around 1830 and that, secondly, it no longer prevails in the everyday of our
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
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Medical Rituals and Media Rituals [PDF]
KOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry, 2013 In the present article the author examines the ritual elements of theprofessionalization during medical studies, and its interference with media content of medical significance, comparing the role of medical and media rituals on the way of becoming a ...
Zoltán Zsinkó-Szabó
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Religion and Pandemic: Shifts of Interpretation, Popular Lore, and Practices. An Introduction
Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2022 In this Introduction, the guest editors discuss the main themes of this special issue and relate them to the growing field of research on how the extraordinary social conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the practices of religious individuals ...
Alexander Agadjanian, Konrad Siekierski
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