Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol

Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
by Kathleen M. Erndl

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Author: Kathleen M. Erndl
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-02-11
ISBN: 0195070151
Number of pages: 232
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Book Review: Good book to read
Summary: 5 Stars

An interesting book about the Goddess cult of NW India. Very informative. Shows the various temples, pilgrimages, rituals and so on. Feels like you are experiencing it yourself. An important chapter on the embodiment of divinity, about regular women who become possessed by the Goddess. Shows the controversy around the cessation of animal sacrifice.
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Summary of Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol

The worship of Devi, the Goddess, is one of the most vigorous and visible religious phenomena in northwest India today. In this groundbreaking book, Kathleen Erndl uses interviews, participant observations, and her own acute observations to explore the nature of the Goddess and her devotees' experience of her. Beginning with an analysis of oral and written sources, Erndl then examines specific ritual practices--including pilgrimage, performance, and divine possession--and presents case studies of women devotees who became 'possessed' by the Goddess and are worshipped as her representatives. The effects of modernization and popular culture on Goddess worship are revealed in the influence of popular religious pamphlets and the recent absorption of the "new" goddess, Santoshi Ma, into the pantheon. A final chapter suggests a number of ways of understanding the continuing vitality of the goddess as a mythic presence in the lives of contemporary Hindus.

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