Placating the demons: ritual practices among Sri Lankans

1. The Sanni Demons: Collective Representations of Disease in Sri Lanka (1969) -- 2. On Perjury: The Ritual of the Leopard Pot (1984) -- 3. The Spirits of the Dead: A Psycho-Cultural Exegesis of a Case Study of an Exorcism (1975) -- 4. Sorcery and Premeditated Murder: The Canalization of Aggression...

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Main Author: Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
In:Year: 2022
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sri Lanka / Buddhism / Folk religion / Demon / Ritual
Further subjects:B Buddhism (Sri Lanka) Customs and practices
B Sri Lanka Religious life and customs
B Folklore (Sri Lanka)
B Buddhist demonology (Sri Lanka)
B Buddhism Customs and practices (Sri Lanka)
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