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This title examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies dispatching sacrificed heroes to heavenly paradise.Harlan, Lindsey is the author of 'Goddesses' Henchmen Gender in Indian Hero Worship' with ISBN 9780195154269 and ISBN 0195154266.
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