Religion And Architecture In Premodern Indonesia: Studies In Spatial Anthropology
\ By Gaudenz Domenig
Leiden, Boston
: Brill
, 2014
xvii, 576 p.
: illustrations (some color), maps
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1572-1892
; volume 294
Index
List of maps -- Preface and acknowledgments --Introduction -- Part One. Dwelling Spaces of Gods and Spirits. Introductory notes : The landtaking ritual as a key to understanding indigenous religions ; Chapter one. Land-clearing rituals and sacred groves ; Chapter two. Sacred groves and tabooed mountains ; three. The soul land and the place of deified ancestors -- Part Two. Altars, Spirit Lures and Spirit Ladders. Introductory notes : Deities and spirits called to offerings ; Chapter four. Temporary altars and the attraction of fresh leaves ; Chapter five. Roofed altars and offering houses ; Chapter six. Artificial ladders and inverted posts -- Part Three. Spirit Pathways Leading Into the House. Introductory notes : The and their interpretation ; Chapter seven. Spirit pathways in the Tanimbar house ; Chapter eight. Rafters as paths ; Chapter nine. Plumes and brushes as attractors ; Chapter ten. Gable finials ; Chapter eleven. Projecting gables ; Chapter twelve. The relative instability of roofs -- Epilogue -- Glossary of technical -- List of works cited -- Sources of illustrations and credits -- Index
Vernacular architecture -- Indonesia -- Religious aspects.
Architecture and religion
Architecture, Prehistoric -- Indonesia -- Religious aspects.