Hidden Land and Changing Landscape: Narratives about Mount Khangchendzonga Among the Lepcha and the Lhopo

This article explores contemporary ‘hidden land’ narrative constructs of Máyel Lyáng and Beyul Dremojong in Sikkim, India, as conceived by the Lepcha and the Lhopo, two ‘scheduled tribes’. Lepcha and Lhopo narratives about these hidden lands in Mount Khangchendzonga inform us about their contemporar...

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Main Author: Scheid, Claire S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2014
In: Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Pages: 66-89
Further subjects:B Lepcha (South Asian people)
B Máyel Lyáng
B Lhopo
B Beyul Dremojong (sBas yul ’bras mo ljongs)
B Treasure Texts (gTer ma)
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