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Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun: Myth and Ritual in Ancient India

Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun: Myth and Ritual in Ancient India

Jamison, Stephanie W.

Hardcover

Series: Myth and Poetics

Mythology & FolkloreHinduismIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 080142433X
ISBN13: 9780801424335
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: May 30 1991
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.54
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Vedic Sanskrit literature contains a wealth of material concerning the mythology and religious practices of India between 1500 and 500 B.C.E.--a crucial period in the formation of traditional Indian culture. Stephanie W. Jamison here addresses the conditions that have limited our understanding of Vedic myth and ritual, such as the profusion and obscurity of the texts and the tendency on the part of scholars to approach mythology and ritual independently. Tracing two key myths through a variety of texts, Jamison provides insight into the relationship between early Indic myth and ritual as well as offering a new methodology for their study.

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