Oedipal God : The Chinese Nezha and His Indian Origins /
Oedipal God offers the most comprehensive account in any language of the prodigal deity Nezha. Celebrated for over a millennium, Nezha is among the most formidable and enigmatic of all Chinese gods. In this theoretically informed study Meir Shahar recounts Nezha's riveting tale--which culminate...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2015]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Sons and Fathers
- 2. Patricide and Suicide
- 3. The Chinese Oedipus
- 4. Teenage Delinquent or Revolutionary Martyr
- 5. Divine Warrior
- 6. The Child-God
- 7. Biological and Spiritual Fathers
- 8. Esoteric Buddhism
- 9. Nezha, Nalakūbara, and Kṛṣṇa
- Epilogue: Esoteric Buddhism and the Chinese Supernatural
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Glossary
- Works Cited
- Index