Liminal is an English adjective meaning "on the threshold", from Latin ''līmen'', plural ''limina''. Liminal or Liminality may refer to:

Anthropology and religion

Liminality In anthropology, liminality () is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they ...

, the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage *

Liminal deity 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 ...

, a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways *

Liminal being Liminal beings are entities that cannot easily be placed into a single category of existence. The concept was developed by the cultural anthropologist Victor Turner. It is associated with the threshold state of liminality, from Latin ''līmen'', ...

, mythical being of ambiguous existence * Liminal state, English translation of

bardo In some schools of Buddhism, ''bardo'' ( Wylie: ''bar do'') or ''antarābhava'' (Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese: 中有, romanized in Chinese as ''zhōng yǒu'' and in Japanese as ''chū'u'') is an intermediate, transitional, or liminal state b ...

in Tibetan Buddhism

Arts and media

* ''

Liminal States ''Liminal States'' is a novel by Zack Parsons, published in March 2012. The story principally follows two men, Warren Groves and Gideon Long, who become immortal in 1874 through a process they don't fully understand. Over the course of three s ...

'', a 2012 novel by Zack Parsons * '' .hack//Liminality'', an animated series related to the ''.hack'' video game series * ''Liminal'', a student literary journal at

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, United States * ''Liminal'', a 2017 remix album by

Sigur Rós Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band that formed in 1994 in Reykjavík. It comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Jónsi, Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal soun ...

* '' Liminal'', a 2022 album by Petbrick * Liminal spaces, empty places that appear eerie

Psychology

* Limen, a threshold of a physiological or psychological response * Liminal experiences, feelings of abandonment (existentialism) associated with death, illness, disaster, etc.

Anthropology and religion

Arts and media

Psychology

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