…Some men's societies have a special building called a men's meeting hall, where all members live, meet, and work. According to German ethnologist Heinrich Schultz's Age Grading and Men's Societies (1902), as their functions and characteristics develop, these men's societies can become town halls, courthouses, chieftains' residences, club halls, police stations, temples, and even brothels, especially in places where unmarried men and women engaged in public love affairs. If the societies have a religious character, initiation rites and mysteries are performed there, and religious objects such as masks and bull-roarers (a ritual instrument that makes a sound similar to the bellowing of a bull when swung around), statues of ancestors, and human and animal skulls are kept. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Schultz, H." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…また男子結社のなかには,男子集会所と呼ばれる特殊な舎屋をもっているものがあり,結社員はすべてこの舎屋に寝起きし,会合や作業をする。ドイツの民族学者シュルツHeinrich Schultzの《年齢階梯制と男子結社》(1902)によれば,こうした男子舎屋はその機能や性格の発展として,役場や裁判所,首長の住居,クラブ会館,警防屯所,寺院などに転化することがあり,また,この種の舎屋が未婚男女の公的恋愛の場であったところでは,一種の娼家に転化することもあるという。舎屋が宗教的性格を帯びている場合には,ここで加入儀礼や秘儀が行われ,仮面やブル・ロアラー(振り回すと,牛のうなり声に似た音を出す祭具・楽器)のような宗教的聖具や祖先像,人間や動物の頭蓋骨などが保管されている。… ※「Schultz,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 |
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