Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition
Essays focusing on some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India from the dawn of history through to the present day.
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Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition
Essays focusing on some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India from the dawn of history through to the present day.
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Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition

Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition

by Julia Leslie
Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition

Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition

by Julia Leslie

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Essays focusing on some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India from the dawn of history through to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780700703036
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 04/11/1996
Series: SOAS Collected Papers on South Asia , #12
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Hero's Five Relationships: A Proto-Indo-European Story, N.J. Allen; Chapter 2 The Fate of the Female Ṛṣi: Portraits of Lopāmudrā, Laurie L. Patton; Chapter 3 The Ahalyā Story through the Ages, Renate Söhnen-Thieme; Chapter 4 Paraśurāma and Time, Lynn Thomas; Chapter 5 Menstruation Myths, Julia Leslie; Chapter 6 The Struggle for Salvation in the Hagiographies of Ravidās, Peter Friedlander; Chapter 7 Reconstructuring Spiritual Heroism: The Evolution of the Swadeshi Sannyasi in Bengal, Indira Chowdhury-Sengupta; Chapter 8 Arthur Avalon: The Creation of a Legendary Orientalist, Kathleen Taylor;
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