Singing the Goddess into Place

Singing the Goddess into Place

Locality, Myth, and Social Change in Chamundi of the Hill, a Kannada Folk Ballad

Simmons, Caleb

State University of New York Press

07/2022

263

Dura

Inglês

9781438488653

15 a 20 dias

227

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Note on Transliteration

1. Introduction: Singing Place and Situating Deities in the Kannada Folksong Chamundi of the Hill

2. "She killed the buffalo demon and dwells on the middle of the hill": Myth, Locality, and Cosmological Significance

3. "You're the one who protects this place": Folk Perspectives on Urban History and Regional Significance

4. "He is from one caste; we are from another": Religion, Caste, and Social Change

5. "I live on the top of the hill . . . you remain near its base": "High" and "Low" in the Goddess Traditions of Southern Karnataka

6. Chamundi of the Hill Translation

Appendix: "Wodeyar Origin Narrative" from Great Kings of Mysore

Notes
Bibliography
Index
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