Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition

by Julia Leslie

Overview

Essays focusing on some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India from the dawn of history through to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136778889
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/04/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	194
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Julia Leslie

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Hero's Five Relationships: A Proto-Indo-European Story, N.J. Allen; Chapter 2 The Fate of the Female ??i: Portraits of Lop?mudr?, Laurie L. Patton; Chapter 3 The Ahaly? Story through the Ages, Renate Söhnen-Thieme; Chapter 4 Para?ur?ma and Time, Lynn Thomas; Chapter 5 Menstruation Myths, Julia Leslie; Chapter 6 The Struggle for Salvation in the Hagiographies of Ravid?s, Peter Friedlander; Chapter 7 Reconstructuring Spiritual Heroism: The Evolution of the Swadeshi Sannyasi in Bengal, Indira Chowdhury-Sengupta; Chapter 8 Arthur Avalon: The Creation of a Legendary Orientalist, Kathleen Taylor;