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Placating the demons : ritual practices among Sri Lankans / Gananath Obeyesekere.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Obeyesekere, Gananath, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist demonology--Sri Lanka.
- Buddhist demonology.
- Buddhism--Sri Lanka--Customs and practices.
- Buddhism.
- Folklore--Sri Lanka.
- Folklore.
- Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. The Sanni Demons: Collective Representations of Disease in Sri Lanka
- 2. On Perjury: The Ritual of the Leopard Pot
- 3. The Spirits of the Dead: A Psycho-Cultural Exegesis of a Case Study of an Exorcism
- 4. Sorcery and Premeditated Murder: The Canalization of Aggression
- 5. From Demon to God: The Apotheosis of Huniyan
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Obeyesekere, Gananath. Placating the demons
- ISBN:
- 9781003094326
- 1003094325
- 9781000457179
- 9781000457186
- Publisher Number:
- 40030873139
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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