著者
加賀谷 寛
出版者
一般社団法人 日本オリエント学会
雑誌
オリエント (ISSN:00305219)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.12, no.3-4, pp.191-205,231, 1969 (Released:2010-03-12)

Imamzadah is a charismatic descendant of one of the Twelve Imams, then it came to mean a cult-site of the deceased Imamzadah. In modern Iran, it is usually understood in the latter sense, We may say that it is a miniature construction of those sacred tombs of Imams.The cult-site is believed as full of magico-religious power (barakah), radiating from the relics of Imamzadah, which posess healing power. The cult consists generally of donation (nadhr) of candles by a supplicant (ahl-hajat) praying for immediate personal ends (du'a).The practice of the cult could permeate thoroughly in almost every little society, based on their self-identity with Imam, presumably on the principle of faction-making within Muslim society. At the same time, sociologically, it has integrated the little society.The author maintains that we can not understand the whole range of religious attitudes of Muslims without making a survey of this practice.In the end, he stresses the immediate need of a systematic field survey of this cult.
著者
加賀谷寛著
出版者
近藤出版社
巻号頁・発行日
1975