Placating the Demons: Ritual Practices among Sri Lankans
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The Sanni demons: Collective representations of disease in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 2 On perjury: The ritual of the leopard pot -- Chapter 3 The spirits of the dead: A psycho...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Further subjects: | B
Sri Lanka
Religious life and customs
B Folklore (Sri Lanka) B Buddhist demonology (Sri Lanka) B Buddhism Customs and practices (Sri Lanka) B Buddhism-Sri Lanka-Customs and practices B Electronic books B Folklore-Sri Lanka B Buddhist demonology-Sri Lanka |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780367519247 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The Sanni demons: Collective representations of disease in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 2 On perjury: The ritual of the leopard pot -- Chapter 3 The spirits of the dead: A psycho-cultural exegesis of a case study of an exorcism -- Chapter 4 Sorcery and premeditated murder: The canalization of aggression -- Chapter 5 From demon to god: The apotheosis of H ū niyan -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1000457184 |