A change in the forest: Myth and history in West Java
After narrating a story how, when the Islamic forces conquered Pakuan, the capital of the Sudanese Kingdom of Pajajaran (in West Java), its ruler, Prabu Siliwangi, became a "hiang" (ancestral spirit of god), the author examines this story, a myth, about the transition from Vaismava (Hindu)...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1993
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Year: 1993, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-17 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Monarchy B Mythology B Hinduism B History B Indonesia |