Mountain Goddess
Seiten
1991
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-506979-2 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-506979-2 (ISBN)
Every few decades, thousands of Hindu villagers in the Central Himalayas of North India carry their regional goddess Nandadevi in a bridal palanquin to her husband Shiva's home, walking barefoot over icebound mountain passes to a lake surrounded by human bones. This Royal Pilgrimage of Nandadevi is a ritual dramatization of the post-marital journeys of married women from their natal homes to their husbands' homes. Mountain Goddessis an anthropological study of this
pilgrimage and the cult of Nandadevi, especially as they relate to local women's lives. The author shows how Nandadevi's appeal stems from the fact that her mythology parallels the life-courses of
the local peasant women, and that her ritual procession imitates their annual journey to the village of their birth. Drawing on formal Indian theories, verbal commentaries, songs, interviews, articles, propaganda, legends, pan-Indian Sanskrit liturgies, historical documents, and the author's remarkable personal account of the pilgrimage, this gripping narrative is a unique resource for courses in the anthropology of religion, Hinduism, and folklore, ritual, and gender studies.
pilgrimage and the cult of Nandadevi, especially as they relate to local women's lives. The author shows how Nandadevi's appeal stems from the fact that her mythology parallels the life-courses of
the local peasant women, and that her ritual procession imitates their annual journey to the village of their birth. Drawing on formal Indian theories, verbal commentaries, songs, interviews, articles, propaganda, legends, pan-Indian Sanskrit liturgies, historical documents, and the author's remarkable personal account of the pilgrimage, this gripping narrative is a unique resource for courses in the anthropology of religion, Hinduism, and folklore, ritual, and gender studies.
1: INTRODUCTION
A Note on the Songs
2: CREATION
Songs for Women
3: THE SMALL PILGRIMAGE
Jats as Pilgrimages
Birth and Marriage
Place and Person in Garhwal
The Male Model
Separation and Reunion
The Secret of Rupkund
The Whole Village
Bride-price
A Female Perspective on Residence
4: THE GODDESS AND THE DEMON
Devi and the Buffalo Demon
The Sacrifice
The Social Effects of Ritual
5: RAJ JAT
History
The Goddess and the Media
The Background of Rivalry
The Royal Pilgrimage of the Goddess Shri Nanda (1987)
Ritual, Regionalism, and Politics
Conclusion
Appendix: Transliterated Texts
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.11.1991 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 250 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-506979-X / 019506979X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-506979-2 / 9780195069792 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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