Western Himalayan Nags as Guardians of Water Resources

My ethnographic research focuses on the Nags, which are cobra-shaped deities and guardians of water sources, to exemplify how religion and ecology relate to each other in the Indian Western Himalayas. Ethnography has much to contribute to environmental research: Hydrological degradation of the Gange...

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Main Author: Lange, Gerrit (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2017
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 361-378
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