Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares
Horses in Indian Myth and History
$122.77
- Hardcover
300 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2021
Summary
Horses are not indigenous to India. They had to be imported, making them expensive and elite animals. How then did Indian villagers who could not afford horses and often had never even seen a horse create such wonderful horse stories and brilliant visual images of horses? In Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares, Wendy Doniger, called “the greatest living mythologist,” examines the horse’s significance throughout Indian history from the arrival of the Indo-Europeans, followed by the peop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813945750 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0813945755 |
| Author: | Wendy Doniger |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 555g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 195mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Richard Lectures |
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Doniger’s ride through four millennia of Indian legend and folklore is full of sacrificial horses, horse-headed gods, transformations and couplings.
–Asian Review of BooksEvery time Doniger discusses anything at all, she beautifully tosses in the whole world. She treats it all with subtle wit, broad comedy, and analytical brilliance.
–Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker CreekLike Doniger’s other works on mythology and history, Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares is astonishingly accomplished in the weaving of mythical narratives into a meaningful depiction of the Indian imagination. But the book is clearly also a work of love by a scholar who has spent most of her life in psychic connection with horses.
–Ariel Glucklich, Georgetown UniversityWorth the forty-year wait… Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares seems to be, in a sense, the culmination of Doniger’s career, linking her lifelong passion for horses with Indian history and storytelling. The deep personal connection to both of the subjects is noticeable throughout the book and makes it a pleasure to read.
–Journal of the American Oriental SocietyOne of the finest works on the history of animals in South Asia.–Religious Studies ReviewAbout The Author
Wendy Doniger
Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and author of more than forty books, including The Hindus: An Alternative History.
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