Offering flowers, feeding skulls : popular goddess worship in West Bengal /
In 'Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls', June McDaniel provides an overview of Bengali goddess worship or Shakti. She identifies three major forms of goddess worship, and examines each through its myths, folklore, songs, rituals, sacred texts, and practitioners, tracing these strands through...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | McDaniel, June |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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