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The Demon Slayers and Other Stories: Bengali Folk Tales

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This volume is a collection of Bengali folk tales. Among the stories of princes, devata (deities) and bloodthirsty rashash (demons), stories of women’s lives and images emerge. Women and their goddeses bring to life not only the nurturing Bengali motherland itself, but: Uma, the daughter and potential wife; Parvati, the young bride and potential mother; Kali, the mother at her most fearsome, who can take life, as well as create it; and Durga, the Divine Protectress and slayer of demons.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Country
United States
Date
31 December 1990
Pages
175
ISBN
9781566561563

This volume is a collection of Bengali folk tales. Among the stories of princes, devata (deities) and bloodthirsty rashash (demons), stories of women’s lives and images emerge. Women and their goddeses bring to life not only the nurturing Bengali motherland itself, but: Uma, the daughter and potential wife; Parvati, the young bride and potential mother; Kali, the mother at her most fearsome, who can take life, as well as create it; and Durga, the Divine Protectress and slayer of demons.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Country
United States
Date
31 December 1990
Pages
175
ISBN
9781566561563