‘She Doesn’t Need Mutiyettu’ There’: The Interplay of Divine Mood, Taste and Dramatic Offerings in South Indian Folk Hinduism

The selection of Bhadrakali shrines of central Kerala (South India) in which the ritual drama mutiyettu' is conducted as an offering is restricted by religious considerations surrounding the personality of the goddess: performances can only be safely and efficiently given in shrines housing a d...

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Main Author: Wahid, Marianne Pasty-Abdul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2017
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2017, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-98
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kerala (Süd) / Bhadrakālī / Muṭiyēṯṯụ / Sacrifice (Religion) / Goddess / Benevolence / Mood / Hinduism / Folk religion
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
Further subjects:B muṭiyēṯṯu’
B Malayalam language
B Bhadrakāḷi
B Dārikan
B Ritual drama
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