Masculine Sacrality - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Religion

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 18 pages of information about Masculine Sacrality.

Masculine Sacrality - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Religion

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 18 pages of information about Masculine Sacrality.
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MASCULINE SACRALITY is the designation of some domain of the supernatural universe as masculine. It is a feature of numerous religious systems in human societies around the world. A comparison of such systems reveals three levels of expression for the masculine valuation of the sacred.

At one level, certain natural symbols recur in religious systems in the form of hierophanies or sacred manifestations of masculine higher being. These natural symbols include sky, peaks and mountains, thunder, rain, and certain horned beasts, as well as such creatures of flight as eagles. At a second level of expression, religious systems often attribute certain cosmic functions to masculine metaphysical entities and/or specifically male supernatural beings. Thus gods as opposed to goddesses tend to be credited with such cosmic functions as creation of the mundane universe, establishment of the moral code, invention of the elements of mortal subsistence, and...

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