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The Ritual and Mythology of the Chinese Triads: Creating an Identity

By Barend J. ter Haar

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2000
ISBN
9004119442, 9789004119444
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
68 MB (71018422 bytes)
Pages
517\533
Time added
2022-01-18 14:34:52

Description

This new paperback title in Brill’s Scholars’ List presents a thorough investigation into the phenomenon of the Chinese Triads, their ritual and mythological lore, and their meanings and functions. On the foundations of a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, among which also recent Chinese scholarship, the author interprets Triad myth and ritual in their Chinese religious context.

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