The Hungry God: Hindu Tales of Filicide and Devotion

ISBN-13: 9780226755717 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 168 str.

David Dean Shulman

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India's folklore and classical literature abound with stories of parents who sacrifice their children. In "The Hungry God," David Shulman examines one set of such tales Hindu texts that bear similarities to the biblical "aqedah," the account of Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac. In all the stories that Shulman explores, the sacrifice proceeds from a divine command and has no utilitarian explanation or rationale.
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