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| Cursing Practices in Sinhala Buddhism: The Case of Seenigama | ||
| 作者 | Feddema, J. P. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Ritual Studies |
| 卷期 | v.11 n.2 Winter |
| 出版日期 | 1997 |
| 頁次 | 21 - 34 |
| 出版者 | Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.pitt.edu/~strather/journal.htm |
| 出版地 | Pittsburgh, PA, US [匹茲堡, 賓夕法尼亞州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | This study deals with the cursing services in Sinhala Buddhism in Sri Lanka which some gods offer to the people. The author, using the mimesis and scapegoat mechanism theory of René Girard as reference, concentrates on the god Devol in the hamlet of Seenigama on the south-west coast. Why do people ask gods to harm or even kill their adversaries, why is cursing evidently on the increase in the country, and how does Buddhism, a religion preaching 'ahimsa' (non-violence), cope with the cursing practices? The author dissociates himself from the idea of some writers that cursing is identical with black magic. Cursing is certainly a form of violence, but because it stops at one incident, without triggering endless cycles, it can traditionally be seen as a religious channel for violence, that helps to keep it in control. |
| 目次 | THE AMBIGUITY OF DEVOL DEVIVO 22 THE THREATENING COMPETITION WITH GOD KATARAGAMA 23 METHODS OF CURSING 24 REVENGE OF KUVENI'S SON, THE SCAPEGOAT DIWI? 25 THE CASE OF MR.T 26 CURSING IS NOT IDENTICAL WITH SORCERY 29 FRUSTRATION AFTER A RISE IN EXPECTATIONS 30 MORE MIMESIS IN A LESS HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY 31 REBELLION OR ACCONODATION? 32 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 33 NOTES 33 BIBLIOGRAPHY 34 |
| ISSN | 08901112 (P) |
| 點閱次數 | 144 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.10.06 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.10.06 |
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