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Handelman, Don

 
9789004256156: One God, Two Goddesses, Three Studies of South Indian Cosmology
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ISBN 10 : 9004256156 ISBN 13 : 9789004256156
Editeur : Brill, 2013

Synopsis

One, God, Two Goddesses presents three studies, one of Tamil myths of the god Murugan and two of goddess rituals: Gangamma in Tirupati and Paiditalli in Vizianagaram, both in Andhra Pradesh. All three essays search for lineaments of the cosmos that these deities inhabit and shape. These cosmoi are characterised by the dynamism of their incessant interior movement. Should they become still, they would die. Deities activate and regenerate such a cosmos. The dynamism of Murugan's cosmos eliminates the chaotic. Through ritual, Gangamma regenerates her cosmos through feminising it. Through ritual, Paiditalli annually re-grows the historic little kingdom of Vizianagaram, regenerating its kingship. All three studies point to the need to rethink cosmology in South India.

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À propos de l'auteur

Don Handelman, Ph.D. (1971), Manchester University, is Shaine Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Hebrew University. He publishes extensively on ritual and religion, including Models and Mirrors (Berghahn 1998) and co-authored with David Shulman God Inside Out (Oxford, 1997) and Śiva in the Forest of Pines (Oxford, 2004).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004256156
ISBN 13 
9789004256156
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
236
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