Hand carvedĀ Liminal Skull Ring
A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries".
These gods are believed to oversee a state of transition of some kind, such as, the old to the new, the unconscious to the conscious state, the familiar to the unknown
Types of liminal deities include dying-and-rising deities, various agricultural deities, psychopomps and those who descend into the underworld: crossing the threshold between life and death.
The word "liminal", first attested to in English in 1884, comes from the Latin word "limen", meaning "threshold". "Liminality" is a term given currency in twentieth century British cultural anthropologist by Victor Turner. It is used to describe a state of transition, such as from the old to the new, from the familiar to the unknown, even from an unconscious to the conscious state.
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