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Description

1. xviii, 382 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. In this volume the author intends to present aspects of Hindu mythology at direct variance with standard views. Sacred marriages, often seen as the union of deities of equal power, are shown here to be unequal. Siva's dance is destructive as well as creative. Androgynes. typically interpreted as symbols of fusion, also function symbols of conflict. Cows, positive symbols of the female, also have their negative implications. With a fine sense of the complexity of the matter, however, O'Flaherty indicates that her intention is not to reduce Hindu mythology to any of these limited concepts, but to reveal a configuration of themes often obscured by the more conventional patterns.

Subject

1. Hindu mythology
2. Sex
3. Animals, Mythical
4. Androgyny (Psychology)
5. Women > in folklore, mythology, & religion
6. Animals > in folklore, mythology, & religion
7. Disorders of Sex Development > in folklore, mythology, & religion
8. Hinduism
9. Sexual Behavior
10. sexuality
11. legendary beings
12. Animals, Mythical
13. Hindu mythology
14. Sex
15. Seksen
16. Mythologie
17. Symbolen
18. Metaforen
19. Androgyny
20. Hinduism
21. Sexual Behavior
22. Mythologie hindoue
23. Déesses hindoues
24. Sexualité > Aspect religieux > Hindouisme
25. Animaux fabuleux
26. Androgyne (mythologie)
27. Indien

Contents

1. I. Introduction -- 1. The myth of method in mythology -- II. Sexual fluids -- 2. Sexual fluids in Vedic and post-Vedic India -- III. Gods and goddesses in opposition -- 3. The Shazam syndrome -- 4. The shifting balance of power in Indian hierogamies -- 5. The dance of Siva with Kali and Parvati -- IV. Cows and mares -- 6. The Indo-European mare -- 7. The mare beneath the sea -- 8. Sacred cows and profane mares -- V. Androgynes -- 9. The comparison of androgynes.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 345-362.