Liminality
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In anthropology, liminality is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not ye
Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi. The ritual marks the passage from child to adult male, a liminal stage in the context of their lives.
Destruction, from The Course of Empire by Thomas Cole (1836)
Liminal phase of a rite of passage: Albert Anker's Die Ziviltrauung ("The Civil Marriage"), 1887
A painting depicting Jacob's Ladder to heaven
Liminal deity
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A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". In Hindu traditions, liminal deities are also associated with tirthas, or
Liminality
…Liminal being – Quality of ambiguity, disorientation, or state of transition Liminal deity – Gods of boundaries or transitions Liminal space – Internet aesthetic depicting empty or transitional places…
Janus was believed to see over times of change, such as the New Year and the beginning of the day.
Mercury was a god of travellers, like his Greek equivalent Hermes.
Jangseung are traditionally placed at the boundaries of villages
Christians believe Jesus crossed the boundary from the afterlife to earth during his resurrection.