Fabulous females and peerless Pīrs : tales of mad adventure in old Bengal /
This book presents translations of eight closely related 18th- and 19th-century Bengali folk tales centered on Satya Pīr and the people he helps. While the worship of Satya Pīr is the ostensible motivation for the tales, they really demonstrate his miraculous powers, which authenticate him as a legi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from Bengali. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book presents translations of eight closely related 18th- and 19th-century Bengali folk tales centered on Satya Pīr and the people he helps. While the worship of Satya Pīr is the ostensible motivation for the tales, they really demonstrate his miraculous powers, which authenticate him as a legitimate object of worship. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435619289 1435619285 9780195165296 0195165292 0198037015 9780198037019 1282235230 9781282235236 9786612235238 6612235233 9786611196868 6611196862 |