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Myths of the dog-man

By: Material type: TextTextChicago; London Univ. of Chicago Press c1991Description: xiv, 334p.; illus.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-226-89509-2
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Contents:
Ch. 1 Hell is other people. Ch. 2 The cynocephalic saint. Ch. 3 The cynocephalic hordes. Ch. 4 Visvamitra and the dog-cookers. Ch. 5 Dog-cookers and other borderline cases in ancient and medieval India. Ch. 6 Central Asia: the vortex of cynanthropy. Ch. 7 Chinese dog-man traditions: P'an Hu and the Ch'uan Jung. Ch. 8 Barbarians in ancient China. Ch. 9 Facing up to other people
Abstract: 'This wide-ranging and original study examines the mythology of the dog and, in particular, of the Dog-Man, a monster formed by the joining of canine and human.'
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Foreword by Wendy Doniger. Orig. presented as the author's Ph.D thesis, 'The other gives rise to self,' Univ. of Chicago, 1988.

Ch. 1 Hell is other people. Ch. 2 The cynocephalic saint. Ch. 3 The cynocephalic hordes. Ch. 4 Visvamitra and the dog-cookers. Ch. 5 Dog-cookers and other borderline cases in ancient and medieval India. Ch. 6 Central Asia: the vortex of cynanthropy. Ch. 7 Chinese dog-man traditions: P'an Hu and the Ch'uan Jung. Ch. 8 Barbarians in ancient China. Ch. 9 Facing up to other people

'This wide-ranging and original study examines the mythology of the dog and, in particular, of the Dog-Man, a monster formed by the joining of canine and human.'

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