RT Book
T1 Imagining the fetus: the unborn in myth, religion, and culture
T2 American Academy of Religion religion and culture series
A2 Sasson, Vanessa R.
A2 Law, Jane Marie
LA English
PP Oxford New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2009
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1617958697
AB Introduction: Restoring nuance to the imagination of the fetus -- The Hindu story of Samkarsana's and K.R.S.Na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture & classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in sikhism -- Embryology in the ancient Near East -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic literature -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature -- The colossal fetuses of la venta and mesoamerica' earliest creation story -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BL256
SN 9780195380040
SN 9780195380057
SN 0195380045
SN 0195380053
K1 Fetus : Religious aspects
K1 Theological Anthropology
K1 Aufsatzsammlung