The earth mother : legends, goddesses, and ritual arts of India
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TextSan Francisco Harper and Row c1990Edition: 1st Harper & Row ed., reprinted by arrangement with Penguin Books India, LtdDescription: xxx, 248p., [32] p. of plates ill.; glossary, appendix; bibliog. refs; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062504053
- N8191.I4 J39 1990
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1st pub. as The earthen drum, National Museum, India, 1980.. Pub. in rev. updated ed. as The earth mother, Penguin Books, India, 1989.
The rural roots. The legends of integration. The Veda of the rural tradition. The ritual art of the (Indus Valley) Harappan civilization). The oral tradition. The Apabhramsa and the Desi. The paintings of settled village societies. Bhitti Chitras and the paintings of Mithila. The Mandalas and magical drawings. The Vrata Mandalas. Paintings as Katha, or story. The pictographs of the Warlis, the Bhils, the Gonds, and the Savaras. The rural gods--sculpture. The faces of the mothers. Clay images of the mothers. Metal icons of the mothers
'Jayakar journeyed to the far corners of India interviewing rural, tribal, and other craftspeople to produce this original and fascinating illustrated study of India's ancient ritual arts, many of which survive to this day. The Earth Mother is India's primordial, creative goddess and India is one of the few places where goddess worship through the centuries remains highly visible. Jayakar takes us to this world of myth, magic, and transformation--the vital world of the Earth Mother and her creative energy.'
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