Tracking the weretiger : supernatural man-eaters of India, China and southeast Asia / Patrick Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Patrick, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tiger--Asia--Folklore.

Tiger.

Leopard--Asia--Folklore.

Leopard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on dramatic accounts by European colonials, and on detailed studies by folklorists and anthropologists, this work explores intriguing age-old Asian beliefs and claims that man-eating tigers and ""little tigers,"" or leopards alike, were in various ways supernatural. It is a serious work based on extensive research, written in a lively style. Fundamental to the book is the evocation of a long-vanished world. When a man-eater struck in colonial times, people typically said it was a demon sent by a deity, or even the deity itself in animal form, punishing transgressors and being guided by

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: The World of the Weretiger; 1. A Colonial Menace: Jungle-Wallahs and Man-Eaters; 2. People and Tigers: Together in Life and Death; 3. Killers and Killed: Propitiation and Appeasement; 4. Fighting Back: Jungle-Wallahs to the Rescue; 5. Shapeshifters All: Like Weretiger, Like Werewolf; 6. Tigermen in Malaya: Negritos and Jambi Men Accused; 7. Beast People: Weretigers and Wereleopards in India; 8. Beast Master: The White Sadhu and the Ultimate Terror; Chapter Notes; References; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-62008-1

9786613932532

1-4766-0056-2

OCLC:

812174090