Belief, Bounty, and Beauty: Rituals Around Sacred Trees in India

ISBN-13: 9789004146013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 509 str.

Albertina Nugteren

Opis

This study is focused on the interaction of material and symbolic values ascribed to sacred trees in India and expressed in 3,000 years of ritual practice. Point of departure is the contemporary trend of mining religious narratives in order to mobilise environmental awareness.