Moon Gorgeous Meditation: Religious Practices as Civic Culture in the Silver Millennium
Fujitaka Kinomoto¹*, Daniel Jackson², Andrew Park³, Victor Bergman¹, Kaori Aida¹
ABSTRACT
Excavations of the Mare Serenitatis site have revealed much of the material culture of the Silver Millennium of the Moon Kingdom. Preserved in the regolith and rendered oxygen-free soon after the fall of the kingdom, recovered samples are of comparable level of preservation to those in Pompeii, thousands of years later. Though eyewitnesses to the era have downplayed its importance, artifacts discovered suggest widespread participation in the cult of the princesses. In addition to public temples, home shrines and idols to the sailor guardians appear to be commonplace. We explore the differences between the perception of this cult among lunar commoners and those at the center of it. And we contrast to similar cults of apotheosis, such as in Egypt, Rome, and Abydos, to show how worship in the Moon Kingdom was uniquely led by the lower classes.
¹ Serenity University
² University of Chicago
³ University of California, Los Angeles
* Corresponding Author: Email <fkinomoto@su.ed.ln>
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Fujitaka Kinomoto¹*, Daniel Jackson², Andrew Park³, Victor Bergman¹, Kaori Aida¹
ABSTRACT
Excavations of the Mare Serenitatis site have revealed much of the material culture of the Silver Millennium of the Moon Kingdom. Preserved in the regolith and rendered oxygen-free soon after the fall of the kingdom, recovered samples are of comparable level of preservation to those in Pompeii, thousands of years later. Though eyewitnesses to the era have downplayed its importance, artifacts discovered suggest widespread participation in the cult of the princesses. In addition to public temples, home shrines and idols to the sailor guardians appear to be commonplace. We explore the differences between the perception of this cult among lunar commoners and those at the center of it. And we contrast to similar cults of apotheosis, such as in Egypt, Rome, and Abydos, to show how worship in the Moon Kingdom was uniquely led by the lower classes.
¹ Serenity University
² University of Chicago
³ University of California, Los Angeles
* Corresponding Author: Email <fkinomoto@su.ed.ln>
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