Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares

Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares
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Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 0813945755
ISBN-13 : 9780813945750
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Download or read book Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares written by Wendy Doniger and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the horse in Indian mythology and history. Despite the fact that horses were imported to India and associated with foreigners and conquerors, Indian villagers created wonderful stories and brilliant visual images of horses. The author relates how Turkish horses, tribal horses, Dalit horses, Hindu stallions, and Arab mares all mix in streams of story that raise issues about the assimilation of foreign cultures in India"--


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