axis mundi

Japanese: axis mundi(英語表記)axismundi
axis mundi

...We find examples of this in all eras and regions of human culture, but to summarize they can be broadly categorized into central axes, life and fertility, and ancestral images.
[Center symbol]
Because trees have roots that extend underground and branches that reach the sky, they have been considered in many ethnic cultures to be axis mundi, or cosmic axis, connecting the earth and the sky. Eliade defines this as "symbolism of the center."

*Some of the terminology that mentions "axis mundi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人類の文化のあらゆる時代,あらゆる地方にわたってその例を見るが,要約すればこれらは中心軸,生命と豊饒(ほうじよう),元祖的イメージに大別することができよう。
[中心のシンボル]
 樹木は,根が地下に張り,枝が天空に伸びるために,多くの民族の文化の中で,地と天空をつなぐ宇宙軸(世界軸)axis mundiと考えられた。エリアーデは,これを〈中心のシンボリズム〉と定義している。…

※「axis mundi」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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