…The term is derived from the Melanesian word mana, and has come to be widely used to refer to impersonal supernatural powers, or sometimes to supernatural powers in general, regardless of whether they are personal or impersonal. Mana was introduced in 1891 by R.H. Codrington in his book The Melanesians, and had a great impact on the academic world. This is because the word was considered to contain useful content for explaining and understanding the essential character (supernatural power) of the world's religions. *Some of the terminology referenced in "Codrington, RH" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…メラネシアの土語〈マナ〉に由来し,非人格的な超自然力,またはときとして人格,非人格に関係なく超自然力一般をさすのに広く用いられるにいたった用語。マナは1891年コドリントンR.H.Codringtonの著作《メラネシア人》によって紹介され,学界に大きな影響を与えた。この語が世界の諸宗教のもつ本質的な性格〈超自然力〉を説明し,理解するのに有効な内容を蔵しているとみなされたからである。… ※「Codrington,R.H.」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
>>: Codreanu, CZ (English notation)CodreanuCZ
A general term for industries that manufacture an...
…An old county in the northern part of Heilongjia...
...Afterwards, he gained many followers among the...
[Born] 1880 [Died] February 23, 1940. Kabuki actor...
…The functions of these similarity associations a...
A mask is a garment worn to protect against the c...
A deciduous woody creeper of the Menispermaceae fa...
...There are also vibrating pile drivers that use...
…A Confucian scholar in the early Edo period. Gen...
[ I ] Copper(I) sulfide: Cu 2 S (159.16). It occu...
...A community founded in Oneida, central New Yor...
The outermost part of the hearing organ, consistin...
King of England from the House of Plantagenet (rei...
1171-1223 A Shinto priest in the Kamakura period....
…Another possible survivor is the Leuser Conserva...