Agial sacred landscape as a special type of sacred landscape

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The article is devoted to the substantiation of the introduction into the scientific circulation of a new concept - "agial sacral landscape". The agial sacred landscape is understood as the sacred landscape associated with the burial, life, or posthumous miracles of the saint. The sacred landscapes of Orthodoxy, Islam, Buddhism are considered. Based on the materials of scientific research devoted to the study of the veneration of holy burials, a conclusion is drawn about their place and significance in the structure of the sacred landscapes of the religions under consideration. A hierarchically organized typology of holy places is presented. Based on the comparative analysis of the practice of venerating holy burials and representing their place in the structure of the sacred landscape of Orthodoxy, Buddhism and Islam, it is concluded that it is legitimate to introduce such a concept as an agial sacral landscape into scientific circulation.

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Agial sacred landscape, sacred landscape, sacred space, sacred place, saint, wali, awliya, holy relics

Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/144161380

IDR: 144161380   |   DOI: 10.24412/1997-0803-2020-10404

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