Winged stallions & wicked mares : horses in Indian myth and history / Wendy Doniger ; illustrations curated by Anna Lise Seastrand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doniger, Wendy, author.

Contributor:

Seastrand, Anna Lise, 1980- other.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Richard lectures

Richard lectures for 1997

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Winged horses.

Horses--Mythology.

Horses.

Hindu mythology.

Mares--Mythology.

Mares.

Mythology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.

Other Title:

Winged stallions and wicked mares

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: Horses in Indian Nature and Culture

1. The Presence of Horses in the Indo-European World and the Absence of Horses in the Indus Valley Civilization, 3000 to 5100 BCE

2. Horses in the Vedas, 1500 to 500 BCE

3. Horses and Snakes in the Underworld in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, 300 BCE to 300 CE

4. Horses in the Ocean in the Sanskrit Puranas, 400 to 1400 CE

5. Ashvashastra, the Science of Horses, 200 BCE to 1200 CE

6. Buddhist Horses, 500 BCE to 500 CE

7. Arabian Horses and Muslim Horsemen, 500 to 1800 CE

8. Equestrian Epics and Mythic Mares, 600 to 2000 CE

9. Horses of the British Raj, 1700 to 1900 CE

10. Horse Myths and Rituals in the Absence of Horses, 1800 to 2000 CE

11. Horses in Modern India, 1900 to 2020 CE

Conclusion: The Gift Horse

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 10, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Doniger, Wendy. Winged stallions and wicked mares

ISBN:

9780813945767

0813945763

Publisher Number:

40030411425

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