Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore - Fabrizio M. Ferrari
Tigers, Tiger Spirits and Were-tigers in Tribal Orissa
Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore - Fabrizio M. Ferrari
Stefano Beggiora [+]
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Stefano Beggiora is Research Fellow in the History of India, Department of Asian and Mediterranean African Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Description
This chapter is based on data collected during fieldwork conducted in and around the town of Phulbani, headquarters of the Kandhamal district (Orissa), between 2001 and 2006. The research was principally focused on investigating the myths and rituals—but also the social structure and cultural heritage—of a local ādivāsī (indigenous) group, the Kondhs.