Hindu
and Jain
Mythology
Course
Description
An
introduction to the basis of today's popular
Hinduism: the mythology of the
Puranas and the Epics (Ramayana and Mahabharata).
The classical Hindu stories
are compared to their Jain equivalents, and to
their retellings in Indian popular
and folk culture, e.g. cinema, comic books, novels,
dance, drama, art, etc. We
will also examine the problems of evil and
undeserved suffering as treated in
Hindu and Jain mythology, and the uses of mythology
in ritual culture and
temple worship.
Previously
Offered:
Summer
2001
Next
Offered:
[TBA]
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[Abduction
Mythology 4]
[Abortion
and Miscarriage in Folklore
3]
[Ahimsa
2]
[Ajivikas
(Indian Fatalists)
6]
[Animal
Fables 1]
[Archaism
(Literary) 2>>]
[Archaism
(Linguistic) 2>>]
[Archaism
(Religious) 2>>]
[Ardhamagadhi
Language and Literature
1>>]
[Ascaryas
(Shvetambara Jaina Anomalies)
4]
[Astral
Projection 4]
[Avatars
3]
[Balagrahas
(Child-Seizing Demons / Demigods)
>>]
[Bhakti
3]
[Bharata
Varsha 3>>]
[Birth-Bath
in Jaina Mythology (Janmabhiseka)
3>>]
[Birth,
Folklore of 3]
[Birth
Rituals]
[Boundary
Maintenance 3]
[Buck,
William S. 3>>]
[Canons
and Orthodoxies 11]
[Caste,
Class, and Aristocracy (in India)
7]
[Caste
Puranas (Origin Myths)
1]
[Changeling
Folklore 5]
[Clairvoyance
6]
[Classic
Religious Texts 6]
[Comic
Books 5>>]
[Comparative
Philosophical Ethics
3]
[Comparative
Folk Embryology 2]
[Creation
Myths 2]
[Curses
and Boons 2]
[Deathbed
Conversion Stories 3>>]
[Devotionalism
3]
[Dividualism
and Individualism
4]
[Divine
Kingship 3]
[Dohada
(Pregnancy Craving Motif)
2]
[Doniger,
Wendy 1]
[Drowned
Lands 2]
[Epic
Poetry 2]
[Ethnobiology
5]
[Ethnobotany
5]
[Ethnosociology
4]
[Evil
and Suffering 5]
[Evil Twin
Motif 3>>]
[Evolution
(Spiritual) 9]
[Exorcism
(in America and India)
7]
[Fetal
Agency and Fetal Superpowers 3>>]
[Fetal
Omniscience (in Folklore and Doctrine)
3]
[Fetolatry
3>>]
[Fluidarity
and Solidarity (Social) 4>>]
[Folk
Literature 4>>]
[Gender
and Sexuality 6]
[Gender
Roles in Mythology
2]
[Ghosts
(in India) 3]
[Ghost
Stories 4>>]
[Goddesses
3]
[Granoff,
Phyllis 2>>]
[Heavens
and Hells 3]
[Hemacandra
2]
[Heroic
Quest 2]
[Heterocosmology
2]
[Hindu
Goddesses 2]
[Hindu-Jain
Dialogue 2]
[Hindu
Mythology 1]
[History
of Religion 10]
[Humor
and Religion 7]
[Hypnogogic
Experience 2]
[Illustrious
Persons (in Jaina Mythology)
2]
[Incarnations
2]
[Infant
/ Embryo Exchange Motifs in Folklore
2]
[Itihasa
(Sanskrit Legendary Literature)
2]
[Jaina
Mythology 2]
[Jataka
Tales (Stories of the Buddha's Previous Births)
4]
[Kalpa
Sutra (Jaina Text)
1]
[Karma
and Gender 5]
[Karma
and Rebirth 5]
[Karmically
Linked Soulmates 3]
[Katha
(Indian Story Literature)
2]
[Kavya
(Sanskrit Poetic Composition) 3>>]
[Kinsley,
David 2>>]
[Krishna
Mythology (Hindu)
1]
[Krishna
Mythology (Jaina)
2]
[Limited
Age of Miracles 3>>]
[Literature
and Religion 4]
[Mahabharata
3>>]
[Mahavira
1]
[Marriott,
McKim 6]
[Martyrdom,
Euthanasia, and Suicide
3]
[Marvelous
Birth Stories 5]
[Merchants
2]
[Merit
Transfer 2]
[Metempsychosis
2]
[Miracles,
Anomalies, and Religious Authority
4]
[Monsters
4]
[Multiverse
and Universe 4>>]
[Myths,
Models, and Paradigms
5]
[Narayan,
R. K. 2>>]
[Natalism
and Pregnancy Lore
4]
[Nativity
Stories 2]
[Omniscience
(in Folklore and Philosophy)
4]
[Other
Peoples' Myths 3>>]
[Pancatantra
(Sanskrit Animal Fables) 3>>]
[Personhood
2]
[Poetic
Theory (Indian) 5>>]
[Preexistence
of Souls 5]
[Pregnancy
Folklore 4]
[Pregnancy
Loss 4>>]
[Psychoactive
Drugs 7]
[Puranic
Mythology (Hindu)
1]
[Puranic
Mythology (Jaina)
2]
[Race
and Racism (in India)
3]
[Ramayana
(Hindu) 3>>]
[Ramayana
(Jaina) 2>>]
[Rasas
(Savors, Essences, Organic Juices)
7]
[Rasa
Theory of Aesthetics
3]
[Rebirth
Eschatologies 3>>]
[Religious
Dimensions of Reproduction
4]
[Renouncers
and Renunciation 3]
[Robots
4>>]
[Sexual
Identity in Religion and Literature
4>>]
[Shakuntala
3>>]
[Sin
4]
[Soma
4]
[Sorcery
4]
[Soulmates
5]
[South
Asian Folklore 5]
[Split
Child Motif 1]
[Spousal
Abandonment Stories
2]
[Spousal
Abuse 3]
[Supernatural
Miracles 6]
[Telepathy
5]
[Temple
Art and Architecutre
2]
[Theodicy
and Cosmodicy (the Problem of Evil)
7]
[Transmigration
5]
[Trisastisalalapurusacaritra
(Jaina Mythological Text)
2]
[Vampires
5>>]
[Vedic
Religion 9]
[Vegetarianism
3]
[Walk-Ins
(Soul Transfers, Soul Exchanges)
7]
[Women
and Religion 8]
[X-Files
3]
[Yakshas
(Hindu/Jain/Buddhist Demigods)
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