Guan Yu
The Religious Afterlife of a Failed Hero
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Beschreibung des Verlags
Guan Yu was a minor general in the third century CE, but over time, he became known as one the most popular and influential deities of imperial China under the name Lord Guan or Emperor Guan. The book explores the cult of Guan Yu by examining the tremendous power of oral culture in creating the mythology of a deity.
GENRE
Geschichte
ERSCHIENEN
2017
6. Oktober
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
320
Seiten
VERLAG
OUP Oxford
GRÖSSE
4
MB
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