KnowraRite of passageLinked fromLinked fromThe 21 pages that link to Rite of passage, each with the reason it gives.All 21Broader topic 3Related 11Narrower topic 6Compared with 1Coming-of-age storyRelated: The story may dramatize an individual passage without depicting a formal communal ritual.ReligionRelated: Religious ceremonies often give shared form to birth, adulthood, marriage, and death.Female genital mutilationRelated: In some communities, cutting has been incorporated into initiation ceremonies.Joseph CampbellRelated: Campbell compared the hero’s departure, initiation, and return with ritual transitions.Body modificationRelated: Some communities incorporate bodily alteration into status transitions.The Hero with a Thousand FacesRelated: The book interprets heroic ordeals through patterns of separation, transition, and return.Adolescent developmentRelated: Such practices make cultural definitions of the transition to adulthood visible.Symbolic anthropologyRelated: Its phases and symbols provide a clear case for tracing how ritual makes social change intelligible.Human brandingRelated: In some cultural settings, scarification practices have carried communal or life-stage meanings distinct from punishment.Life (human existence)Related: They give shared form to major transitions within an individual life.Sexual ritualRelated: Sexual practices can mark transitions such as marriage or adulthood.