Liminal
# Liminal

Liminal is an English adjective meaning "on the threshold", from Latin līmen, plural limina.

Liminal or Liminality may refer to:

## Anthropology and religion

* Liminality, the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage
* Liminal deity, a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways
* Liminal being, mythical being of ambiguous existence
* Liminal state, English translation of bardo in Tibetan Buddhism

## Arts and media

* Liminal States, 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, United States
* Liminal, a 2017 remix album by Sigur Rós
* 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.
