Metaphor:GUNS ARE OBJECTS OF WORSHIP

Name Gloss	GUNS ARE OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description	This metaphor reflects the 'government oversight' perspective's metaphorical conceptualization of gun owners (esp. people who are avidly pro-gun rights/anti-gun control).
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Worship Roles:
Target Frame	Gun possession Roles:gun_owner, gun, possess_relation

Mappings:

gun_owner	<=	worshipper

gun	<=	worshipped thing

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	GUNS ARE OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	GUNS ARE TARGETS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FIXATION
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	altar of gun ownership
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	worship guns
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	glorify firearms
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:

---

Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Gun industry" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Gun_industry" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Gun possession" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Gun_possession" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Gun rights" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Gun_rights" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Personal weapon" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Personal_weapon" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n5 [label="Possession" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Possession" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Gun use" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Gun_use" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="GUNS ARE OBJECTS OF WORSHIP" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GUNS_ARE_OBJECTS_OF_WORSHIP" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="GUNS ARE TARGETS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FIXATION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GUNS_ARE_TARGETS_OF_PSYCHOLOGICAL_FIXATION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Zealotry" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Zealotry" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Worship" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Worship" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }