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- catalog abstract "The starting point for this work is that myths are made and remade - on a variety of topics and in widely differing contexts - in a vast continuum stretching from the earliest periods of historical time to the present day. Each section of the work focuses on one particular point in this continuum to show some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India.".
- catalog contributor b9395955.
- catalog coverage "India Civilization.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Myths and Mythmaking / Julia Leslie -- 1. The Hero's Five Relationships: A Proto-Indo-European Story / N.J. Allen -- 2. The Fate of the Female Rsi: Portraits of Lopamudra / Laurie L. Patton -- 3. The Ahalya Story through the Ages / Renate Sohnen-Thieme -- 4. Parasurama and Time / Lynn Thomas -- 5. Menstruation Myths / Julia Leslie -- 6. The Struggle for Salvation in the Hagiographies of Ravidas / Peter G. Friedlander -- 7. Reconstructing Spiritual Heroism: The Evolution of the Swadeshi Sannyasi in Bengal / Indira Chowdhury-Sengupta -- 8. Arthur Avalon: The Creation of a Legendary Orientalist / Kathleen Taylor.".
- catalog description "The starting point for this work is that myths are made and remade - on a variety of topics and in widely differing contexts - in a vast continuum stretching from the earliest periods of historical time to the present day. Each section of the work focuses on one particular point in this continuum to show some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 170 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0700703039".
- catalog isPartOf "Collected papers on South Asia ; no. 12".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Richmond, Surrey : Curzon,".
- catalog spatial "India Civilization.".
- catalog subject "294.5/13 21".
- catalog subject "BL1216 .M88 1996".
- catalog subject "Hindu mythology History.".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Indic History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Myths and Mythmaking / Julia Leslie -- 1. The Hero's Five Relationships: A Proto-Indo-European Story / N.J. Allen -- 2. The Fate of the Female Rsi: Portraits of Lopamudra / Laurie L. Patton -- 3. The Ahalya Story through the Ages / Renate Sohnen-Thieme -- 4. Parasurama and Time / Lynn Thomas -- 5. Menstruation Myths / Julia Leslie -- 6. The Struggle for Salvation in the Hagiographies of Ravidas / Peter G. Friedlander -- 7. Reconstructing Spiritual Heroism: The Evolution of the Swadeshi Sannyasi in Bengal / Indira Chowdhury-Sengupta -- 8. Arthur Avalon: The Creation of a Legendary Orientalist / Kathleen Taylor.".
- catalog title "Myth and mythmaking / edited by Julia Leslie.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".