Publication details
Reprezentace lidského těla v náboženstvích Japonska
| Title in English | Human Shaped Figures as Substitutes of the Body in Religions of Japan |
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Doležalová, Iva - Hamar, Eleonóra - Bělka, Luboš (eds.), Náboženství a tělo |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | Shinto; Japan; purification; dolls; ningyo; ritual purification |
| Description | Representations of human body are used in a great number of religious rituals in Japan. Dolls and human shaped figures called hitogata or ningyo serve as a medium of communication with kami (divinities), demons or spirits of the family dead. They are often used as human substitutes in purification rites as well. A doll is an item dwelling in a liminality between the world of people and the other worlds. |