Sprouts of the Body, Sprouts of the Field: Identification of the Goddess with Poxes in South India
In south India, when a person is afflicted with poxes of any variety, it is believed that the goddess Mariyamman has "arrived" in the person. The Tamil term "ammai" means pustules or "pearls" of poxes as well as mother/goddess. Indigenous discourses, gleaned from resour...
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Religions
Jahr: 2019, Band: 10, Heft: 3, Seiten: 1-15 |
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B Religious Experience B ammai B Goddess B poxes B Hinduism B agricultural field B Mariyamman B Tamil B affliction |
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