LEADER 03611nam 2200529 450 001 9910808560203321 005 20230814221604.0 010 $a3-11-053176-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110532883 035 $a(CKB)4100000001502362 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5156988 035 $a(DE-B1597)477382 035 $a(OCoLC)1020025772 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110532883 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5156988 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11497570 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001502362 100 $a20180206h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aChildren of the Earth Goddess society, marriage and sacrifice in the highlands of Orissa /$fRoland Hardenberg 210 1$aBerlin, [Germany] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cDe Gruyter,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (710 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aReligion and Society ;$vVolume 73 311 $a3-11-053048-1 311 $a3-11-053288-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tContents -- $tFigures, Tables, and Photographs -- $tAbbreviations -- $tSpelling of Dongria words -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. "Tribal society" in the Niamgiri Hills -- $t3. Dongria social categories, rules, and practices -- $t4. Forms of marriage: negotiation, violence, and love -- $t5. The clan sacrifice: Creating Niamgiri society -- $t6. Conclusion: A system of ideas and values -- $t7. Glossary -- $tAppendix 1: Family tree of icha jani segment (Gumma) -- $tAppendix 2: Marriage relations between Gumma and other villages -- $tAppendix 3: Numbers and names of villages -- $tAppendix 4: Plan of a Dongria house -- $tAppendix 5: Plan of a Dongria house (profile) -- $tAppendix 6: Myths about Duke and Dumbe -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThe whole world is changing with incredible speed towards something radically new, yet people across the globe also show resistance to the forces that homogenize our lives. This book deals with a community that has found its niche in the remote Niamgiri mountain range of Odisha (India) and is struggling to preserve its way of life: the Dongria Kond. In recent years, they made the headlines as the real "Avatars" because they successfully fought a multinational company's plans to mine the mountains. From the perspective of the Dongria Kond, these mountains are the seat of gods, and the whole environment is animated by spiritual forces. This highly complex cosmic order includes humans and non-humans and rests on a divine law (niam). This book captures the viewpoint of the Dongria Kond and provides deep insights into their vision of the world. It offers elaborate accounts of how the Dongria relate to the outside world, conceive of their own society and engage in complex rituals in order to (re-)establish the cosmos. The book confronts the reader with radically different imaginings of familiar human concerns: love, fertility, wealth, status and well-being. 410 0$aReligion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ;$vVolume 73. 606 $aMarriage 607 $aOrissa (India)$xReligious life and customs 607 $aIndia$zOdisha$2fast 615 0$aMarriage. 676 $a646.78 700 $aHardenberg$b Roland$01709488 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808560203321 996 $aChildren of the Earth Goddess society, marriage and sacrifice in the highlands of Orissa$94099268 997 $aUNINA