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.