‘Love Me Two Times.’ From Smallpox to AIDS: Contagion and Possession in the Cult of Śītalā?
Smallpox was eradicated in the 1970s but the cult of Śītalā, the Bengali ‘smallpox goddess’, has resisted. With the spread of AIDS some modifications occurred. Śītalā is increasingly worshipped as an AIDS-goddess. Devotees look at contagion as a (desirable) form of possession and believe their faith...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2007
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2007, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-106 |
| Further subjects: | B
Smallpox
B Mother B Bengal B Fertility B Śītalā B HIV / AIDS |
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