Animals as divinities
Description
Prehistoric art often renders animals in spiritual, even divine, form-but primitive beast images can also reflect a degree of humanity. This program sifts through the complexity of the animal-god concept, identifying the place of the lion, the giraffe, the wolf, the elephant, and many other creatures in a wide range of myths and religions. With detailed observations of sculpture, carvings, and statuary-including Native American totem poles, European gargoyles and grotesques, and Egyptian mummies honoring the cat-headed goddess Ubasti-the video demonstrates an age-old interconnection between our reverence for nature and our need to determine our status in it.
Runtime
53 min
Series
Subjects
- Human geography (324)
- Religious life and customs (46)
- Cultural geography (235)
- Rites and ceremonies (224)
- Ritual (102)
- Social ecology (250)
- Religions (331)
- Human ecology (350)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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