Considerations on the sacred space in the traditional Romanian culture
Considerations on the sacred space in the traditional Romanian culture

Summary/Abstract: In the traditional societies, the space is perceived as a symbolic space, in tight connection with individual happenings and facts. For the traditional man, who is a homo religiosus, the sacred space is the only real one, the belonging to this space being fundamental for him. In the mythological conscience of the Romanians, the sacred spaces are those where many hierophanies take place. But a sacred space is also represented by the land of a village, on which different other parts are considered sacred as well, such as the precincts of the village, the graves of the forefathers, the boundaries or the crossroads. A special significance has the space around the house, or other sacred points, as the roadside crucifixes, the wells, the sacred trees.

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