Placating the demons: ritual practices among Sri Lankans

1. The Sanni Demons: Collective Representations of Disease in Sri Lanka (1969) -- 2. On Perjury: The Ritual of the Leopard Pot (1984) -- 3. The Spirits of the Dead: A Psycho-Cultural Exegesis of a Case Study of an Exorcism (1975) -- 4. Sorcery and Premeditated Murder: The Canalization of Aggression...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930- (Συγγραφέας)
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Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
Στο/Στη:Έτος: 2022
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Sri Lanka / Βουδισμός (μοτίβο) / Λαϊκή θρησκεία / Δαίμονας (μοτίβο) / Τελετή <μοτίβο>
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Buddhism (Sri Lanka) Customs and practices
B Sri Lanka Religious life and customs
B Folklore (Sri Lanka)
B Buddhist demonology (Sri Lanka)
B Buddhism Customs and practices (Sri Lanka)
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Περιγραφή
Σύνοψη:1. The Sanni Demons: Collective Representations of Disease in Sri Lanka (1969) -- 2. On Perjury: The Ritual of the Leopard Pot (1984) -- 3. The Spirits of the Dead: A Psycho-Cultural Exegesis of a Case Study of an Exorcism (1975) -- 4. Sorcery and Premeditated Murder: The Canalization of Aggression (1975) -- 5. From Demon to God: The Apotheosis of Huniyan (1986) -- Index.
"This book critically examines dominant ceremonial practices in Sri Lanka. It presents key ideas and symbolic systems that exist to this day, in similar shapes or in different guises. It looks at issues such as misfortunes caused by demons (yaksa dosa), an important ceremonial practice known as the puna-yāgaya, ideas pertaining to spirit possession, trance, and mediums. It also deals with classical Ayurvedic theories of disease, urban ceremonial practices such as cases of the apotheoses from demon to divinity, as well as multiple forms of Buddhist ceremonial practices that are part of the Sri Lankan consciousness and have found their way into public cultural performances in Sri Lanka. As a comprehensive volume on ceremonial practices in Sri Lanka, this work will be useful for scholars and researchers in cultural studies, sociology, social-anthropology, and particularly those interested in myths and rituals in South Asia"--
Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0367519240