Sacred waters
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Sacred waters are
Ubiquitous and perpetual fixations with water occur across religious traditions. It tends to be a central element in the creations accounts of almost every culture with mythological,
Rivers
Ganges River
While all
The Ganges is said to purify the soul of negative
The Ganges is one of the most highly favored sites for
Lakes and underground water
Lake Titicaca
Chichen Itza
The ancient Maya people valued social order and their society flourished because of the structure of their order. The ancient Maya strived and focused their actions on pleasing their many gods. Essentially, the Maya believed that the world consisted of three layers: the watery underworld, the middle earthly realm, and the sky realm. The Maya viewed bodies of water as a direct connection to the watery underworld and underground water obtained through a cave as an even better connection to spirits and deities. Cenotes are very important to the Mayas. The famous Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza proves to be important with the many findings of artifacts and skeletal remains. Sacrifices were common at this site among the ancient Maya. Different people were sacrificed and findings show that most of the people were men and children.[23] Like any archeological site, looting is a problem in preserving and studying the cenote at Chichen Itza.
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The
By culture and region
Germanic
Watery places have been considered holy in
Many lakes and rivers have names that are linked to beings such as gods, including Tyesmere (
Further examples
- Godavari River – River in south-central India
- Holy Brook – Stream, probably partly artificial, in the United Kingdom
- Jordan River – River in West Asia that flows to the Dead Sea
- Krishna River – River in southern India
- Lake Guatavita – Lake in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
- Narmada River – River of central India in a rift valley
- Nile – Major river in northeastern Africa
- Silwan – Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, site of a sacred spring (Ayn Silwan)
- Zamzam Well – Well in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca
See also
- Holy well – Well or spring revered in a religious context
- Living Water – Biblical term
- Misogi – Shinto practice
- Temple tank – Wells or reservoirs built as part of the temple complex near Indian temples
- Theertham – sacred water
- Water and religion
- Water rites– Activities performed according to a set sequence
- Yardna – Rivers in Mandaeism
References
- ^ Altman (2002), p. 131.
- ^ Altman (2002), p. 6.
- ^ Altman (2002), pp. 3–6, 13–20.
- ^ Varner (2004), p. 19.
- ^ Altman (2002), p. 2.
- ^ Strang (2004), p. 83.
- ^ Altman (2002), p. 3.
- ^ Alley (2008), p. 171.
- ^ Haberman (2006), pp. 60–61.
- ^ Narayanan (2001), pp. 190–191.
- ^ Alley (2008), pp. 173–174.
- ^ a b Nelson (2008), p. 102.
- ^ Altman (2002), pp. 136–138, 181–183, 196–198.
- ^ Lamb (2008), pp. 341–346.
- ^ Altman (2002), p. 137.
- ^ McClaymond (2008), p. 315.
- ^ Michaels (2004), pp. 136–139.
- ^ Altman (2002), pp. 136–137.
- ^ Narayanan (2001), pp. 183–184.
- ^ Hammer (2007).
- ^ Bauer & Seddon (1998), pp. 240–246.
- ^ Holston (2008), p. 42.
- ^ Bruhns & Stothert (1999), p. 209.
- ^ Lee (2002).
- ^ a b Lund 2010, pp. 58.
- ^ Pevan 2019, p. 12.
- ^ Gundestrupkedlen.
- ^ Looijenga 2003, p. 78.
- ^ Monikander 2010, p. 96.
- ^ Semple 2010, p. 31.
- ^ Brothwell 1996, p. 161.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 41.
- ^ Eriksen 2017, p. 343.
- ^ Lund 2010, pp. 15–16, 58.
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