Raja Nal and the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Raja Nal and the Goddess write by Susan Snow Wadley. This book was released on 2004-11-17. Raja Nal and the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "... [T]ells a wonderful story, one much loved in northern India.... fills an important lacuna in the work on oral epic." -- Lindsey Harlan Dhola is an oral epic performed primarily by lower-caste, usually illiterate, men in the Braj region of northern India. The story of Raja Nal, "a king who does not know he is a king," this vast epic portrays a world of complex social relationships involving changing and mistaken identities, goddesses, powerful women, magicians, and humans of many different castes. In this comprehensive study and first extended English translation based on multiple oral versions, Susan Snow Wadley argues that the story explores the nature of humanity while also challenging commonplace assumptions about Hinduism, gender, and caste. She examines the relationship between oral and written texts and the influence of individual performance styles alongside a lyrical translation of the work.
Raja Nal and the Goddess
Raja Nal and the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Raja Nal and the Goddess write by Susan Snow Wadley. This book was released on 2004. Raja Nal and the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Engaging translation and study of a popular North Indian epic.
Nomadic Narratives
Nomadic Narratives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nomadic Narratives write by Tanuja Kothiyal. This book was released on 2016-03-14. Nomadic Narratives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Discusses the emergence of socio-historical identities in the Thar Desert with the mobility of its inhabitants"--
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes]
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes] - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes] write by Patricia Monaghan. This book was released on 2009-12-18. Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This two-volume set provides a comprehensive guide to the vast array of feminine divine figures found throughout the world. Drawn from a variety of sources ranging from classical literature to early ethnographies to contemporary interpretations, the Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways goddess figures have been viewed through the ages. This unique encyclopedia of over thousands of figures of feminine divinity describes the myths and attributes of goddesses and female spiritual powers from around the world. The two-volume set is organized by culture and religion, exploring the role of women in each culture's religious life and introducing readers to the background of each pantheon, as well as the individual figures who peopled it. Alternative names for important divinities are offered, as are lists of minor goddesses and their attributes. Interest in women's spirituality has grown significantly over the last 30 years, both among those who remain in traditional religions and those who explore spirituality outside those confines. This work speaks to them all.
Nine Nights of the Goddess
Nine Nights of the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nine Nights of the Goddess write by Caleb Simmons. This book was released on 2018-07-11. Nine Nights of the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navarātri—alternatively called Navarātra, Mahānavamī, Durgā Pūjā, Dasarā, and/or Dassain—which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadaśamī, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navarātri is one of the most important and ubiquitous festivals in South Asia and wherever South Asians have settled. These festivals share many elements, including the goddess, royal power, the killing of demons, and the worship of young girls and married women, but their interpretation and performance vary widely. This interdisciplinary collection of essays investigates Navarātri in its many manifestations and across historical periods, including celebrations in West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal. Collectively, the essays consider the role of the festival's contextual specificity and continental ubiquity as a central component for understanding South Asian religious life, as well as how it shapes and is shaped by political patronage, economic development, and social status.
