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Tracking the Weretiger
- Supernatural Man-Eaters of India, China and Southeast Asia
Engelsk Paperback
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Tracking the Weretiger

- Supernatural Man-Eaters of India, China and Southeast Asia
Engelsk Paperback

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Drawing on dramatic accounts by European colonials, and on detailed studies by folklorists and anthropologists, this work explores intriguing age-old Asian beliefs and claims that man-eating tigers and "little tigers," or leopards alike, were in various ways supernatural. It is a serious work based on extensive research, written in a lively style.

Fundamental to the book is the evocation of a long-vanished world. When a man-eater struck in colonial times, people typically said it was a demon sent by a deity, or even the deity itself in animal form, punishing transgressors and being guided by its victims'' angry spirits. Colonials typically dismissed this as superstitious nonsense but given traditional ideas about the close links between people, tigers and the spirit world, it is quite understandable. Other man-eaters were said to be shapeshifting black magicians. The result is a rich fund of tales from India and the Malay world in particular, and while some people undoubtedly believed them, others took advantage of man-eaters to persecute minorities as the supposed true culprits. The book explores the prejudices behind these witch-hunts, and also considers Asian weretiger and wereleopard lore in a wider context, finding common features with the more familiar werewolves of medieval Europe in particular.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
216
ISBN-13:
9780786472185
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786472189
Udg. Dato:
3 okt 2012
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
224mm
Højde:
150mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
3 okt 2012
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