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The Triumph Of The Snake Goddess
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2240
Author: Manasa Haq
ISBN: 9780674365292
Size: 160 x 235 mm (HB)
Pages: 350
Publisher: Harvard Business

Description

Snakes exist in the myths of most societies, often embodying magical, mysterious forces. Snake cults were especially important in eastern India and Bangladesh, where for centuries worshippers of the indigenous snake goddess Manasa resisted the competing religious influences of Indo-Europeans and Muslims. The result was a corpus of verse texts narrating Manasa’s struggle to win universal adoration. The Triumph Of The Snake Goddess is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic tale in modern English. Scholar and poet Kaiser Haq offers a composite prose translation of Manasa’s story, based on five extant versions. Following the tradition of mangalkavyas, the tale opens with a creation myth and a synopsis of Indian mythology, zooming in on Manasa. Haq explores the Bengali oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions behind this Hindu folk epic.

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