Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore - Fabrizio M. Ferrari

Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore - Fabrizio M. Ferrari

Fear, Reverence and Ambivalence. Divine Snakes in Contemporary South India

Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore - Fabrizio M. Ferrari

Amy L. Allocco
Elon University in North Carolina

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In this chapter, the author analyses the fascination for snakes that is shared in India.

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Allocco, Amy. Fear, Reverence and Ambivalence. Divine Snakes in Contemporary South India. Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 217 - 235 Oct 2013. ISBN 9781908049599. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=21399. Date accessed: 26 Apr 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.21399. Oct 2013

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