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The Thulung myth of the bhume sites and some Indo-Tibetan comparisons

Abstract:: A myth recorded in 1970 among the Thulung Rai of East Nepal tells of the foundation of a series of shrines. It is compared with the origin myth of the Hindu Shakta pitha cult, and with a number of similar myths in and around the Himalayas. In all cases, sacred sites, often centering on sacred stones, are linked with the body parts of a mythic being.

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Allen, N. (1981). The Thulung myth of the bhume sites and some Indo-Tibetan comparisons. In C. von Fürer-Haimendorf (Ed.), Asian highland societies: in anthropological perspective (pp. 168–182).

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Allen, N. “The Thulung Myth of the Bhume Sites and Some Indo-Tibetan Comparisons.” Asian Highland Societies: in Anthropological Perspective, edited by C von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1981, pp. 168–82.

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Allen, N. 1981. “The Thulung Myth of the Bhume Sites and Some Indo-Tibetan Comparisons.” In Asian Highland Societies: in Anthropological Perspective, edited by C von Fürer-Haimendorf.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: SAME
Sub department:: Social & Cultural Anthropology
Oxford college:: Wolfson College
Role:: Author

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+ von Fürer-Haimendorf, C

Role:: Editor

Host title:: Asian highland societies: in anthropological perspective
Pages:: 168-182

Language:: English
Keywords:: origin myths

petrifaction

sacred geography

Himalayas

body parts of deity
Subjects:: Minor cults and religions

Landscape

Sanskrit

Theology and Religion

Religions of the Indian subcontinent

Himalayan

Architecture

Buddhism

Tibetan

History of Asia & Far East

Social anthropology
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Copyright holder:: Christoph von Fuerer-Haimendorf
Copyright date:: 1981

Licence:: Terms and Conditions of Use for Oxford University Research Archive

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