Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment - Oral Narratives From the Central Himalayas

Zusatztext The enquiry is enlivened by Malik's literary narrative presentation. Informationen zum Autor Aditya Malik is Professor and Dean of the School of Historical Studies at Nalanda University. Klappentext The result of extensive ethnographic fieldwork into oral narratives, written petitions, stories, and testimonies, Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment from the Central Himalayas explores ideas of justice associated with the worship of the 'God of Justice', Goludev, in the Central Himalayan region Kumaon. Zusammenfassung The result of extensive ethnographic fieldwork into oral narratives, written petitions, stories, and testimonies, Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment from the Central Himalayas explores ideas of justice associated with the worship of the 'God of Justice', Goludev, in the Central Himalayan region Kumaon.

Product details

• Authors: Aditya Malik, Aditya (Professor and Dean Malik, Malik Aditya
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2016
• EAN: 9780199325092
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932509-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, India, History of Religion, Hinduism, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / India