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hierophany

Spanish translation: hierofanía

15:55 Jun 19, 2000
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: hierophany
It refers to myths and to other defining aspects of a society or cultural group. "In religious societies, those places, buildings, tribal histories and the act of creating them are hierophanies, things in which the sacred manifests itself." "In contemporary, profane society, heroics are crypto-religious rituals that evoke veiled hierophanies."
Fernando J�uregui
Spanish translation:hierofanía
Explanation:
De ahí deriva la palabra "hierofante".
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Mauricio López Langenbach
New Zealand
Local time: 07:47
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Muchas gracias por su tiempo y ayuda. Me servirá mucho su respuesta a mi pregunta. Gracias.
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nahierofania
anac
nahierofanía
Mauricio López Langenbach
nahierofanía
Jesús Paredes
nahierofanías
Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta


  

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10 mins
hierofania


Explanation:
Simon & Schuster Dictionary

anac
United States
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14 mins
hierofanía


Explanation:
De ahí deriva la palabra "hierofante".


    Reference: http://www.biodanza.org/sacralid.html
Mauricio López Langenbach
New Zealand
Local time: 07:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 327
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por su tiempo y ayuda. Me servirá mucho su respuesta a mi pregunta. Gracias.
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28 mins
hierofanía


Explanation:
En el templo monolítico de Malinalco el sol entra al recinto durante el solsticio de invierno e ilumina al águila. Con este evento de hierofanía (iluminar lo sagrado) los mexicas celebraban el descenso de Huitzilopochtli


    Reference: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/1996/dic96/961230/nueva.html
Jesús Paredes
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3 hrs
hierofanías


Explanation:
Te mando una serie de direcciones donde la palabra aparece. Mucha suerte. GFS.
España: http://www.las.es/clarinrevista/12/benares.html
Uruguay http://www.sicoar.com.uy/cefradohis/indoafro3.htm
México http://www.uv.mx/Feria_Virtual_Libro/ICONOS/EDITORIALES/quin...
Colombia
http://www.twice.net/com/mapa/libro15.htm



    Reference: http://filosofia.digitalchainsaw.com/meta8.html
    Reference: http://www.ffil.uam.es/catalogo/ramallo.htm
Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 245
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