Journal | Lagoonscapes
Monographic journal issue | 1 | 2 | 2021
Research Article | Trees, Birds and Other Non-Humans
Trees, Birds and Other Non-Humans
Mythological Entanglements with Landscape, Flora, Fauna and Spirits of the Himalayas
Abstract
his paper takes into account ideas about landscape and environment as they emerge from the study of beliefs, mythology and ritual activities of religious specialists of the Himalayan region, showing a deep and enduring web of relational entanglements between human and other-than-human communities. The notion of persoonhood seems, in fact, to transcend the human dimension in order to include a wider and larger set of other-than-human communities, including mountains, waters, plants, animals and other classes of beings.
Submitted: Oct. 1, 2021 | Accepted: Oct. 27, 2021 | Published Dec. 21, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Mythology • Indigenous people • Folklore • Himalaya • Shamanism
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP//2021/02/003
