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Serpent mother

Shows how the Bengalis in the town of Bishnupur worship the snake goddess Manasā, a deity of the earth who is close to the day-to-day concerns of agrarian life

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gardner, Robert
Corporate Authors:	Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), Harvard University Film Study Center
Other Authors:	Moore, Alan, Östör, Ákos
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources 2005, c2005
Series:	Ethnographic video online, volume 1
Subjects:	Documentary Films Hindu Sects / India / Bishnupur Hinduism / Doctrines Hinduism / India / Bishnupur Manasā (hindu Deity) / Cult / India / Bishnupur Bishnupur (india) / Religious Life And Customs India / Religious Life And Customs
Online Access:	http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;76...
Collection:	Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa

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Summary:	Shows how the Bengalis in the town of Bishnupur worship the snake goddess Manasā, a deity of the earth who is close to the day-to-day concerns of agrarian life
Item Description:	Based on monographs by Ákos Östör, Play of the Gods (University of Chicago Press) and Culture and power (Sage Publications). - Originally produced in 1985
Physical Description:	1 streaming video (28 min.)