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The Goddesses' Henchmen
Gender in Indian Hero Worship
Lindsey Harlan
Oxford University Press Academic US
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The Goddesses' Henchmen
This book examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies dispatching sacrificed heroes to heavenly paradise (Virgati) and rendering them Bherujis, their goddesses' divine henchmen.
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