Ferrari & Dähnhardt/Charming Beauties, 9. Guardian Spirits, Omens and Meat for the Clans

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How to Cite: Chaudhuri, Sarit. Guardian Spirits, Omens and Meat for the Clans: The Place of Animals among the Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh. Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 115 - 128 Oct 2013. ISBN 9781908049599.

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In this chapter the author will discuss how one Tani group, the Apatanis, understand, use and live with animals, and what non-human animals mean in their religious beliefs. The chapter will bring a number of examples drawn from my own fieldwork in the villages of Hari and Mudang Tage in 2002, 2009 and 20103 as well as from previous academic literature. It includes a description of animal sacrifices during large festivals, rites of protection, health-seeking rituals, haruspicy and judiciary rituals.

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    Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts: Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore
  • creator
    Sarit K. Chaudhuri
  • isbn
    9781781791592 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • volume
    AfroDiasporic & Indigenous Collection
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    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781791592