TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gabriel,Theodore
TI  - Playing God: Belief and Ritual in the Muttappan Cult of North Malabar
SN  - 9781845535254 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL1225.M862 G33 2010 
U1  - 294.5/38095483294.538095483 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Equinox Pub.
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - India
KW  - Malabar Region
KW  - Rituals
KW  - Muttappan (Hindu deity)
KW  - Cult
KW  - Theyyam (Dance)
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Notes; Bibliography; Books in English; Journal articles (in English); Books in Malayalam; Index
N2  - Playing God analyses the mythology and ritual praxis of the Muttappan cult and examines attempts to integrate the cult into a wider Hinduism by enunciating a new hermeneutic of the legend and rituals based on the Hindu Advaitic tradition. The book also discussed how the Teyyam ritual contrasts significantly with rituals and worship in Brahminical Hinduism
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