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The Spirit of a Heroine: Ya Mo—Spirit Reverence, Patriotism and Thai Buddhism |
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Nilsen, Marte (著)
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Modern Asian Studies
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| Volume | v.45 n.6 |
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| Date | 2011.11 |
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| Pages | 1599 - 1625 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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http://www.journals.cambridge.org
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| Location | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliation: Lund University, Sweden. |
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| Abstract | The story of Ya Mo is that of a great Thai heroine honoured with a grand monument (the Suranari memorial) in the centre of Khorat, a city in the north-east of Thailand. The monument is a sacred shrine embedding Ya Mo's guardian spirit which protects the people of the city. She is a grantor of protection, auspiciousness and good luck, and can fulfil wishes, needs and requests. Her spirit can be benevolent as well as ferocious and revengeful. She is a warrior and a guardian, but also a grandmother and a symbol of patriotism, kinship and loving kindness. Ya Mo and her shrine must be perceived in relation to Thai religion and the position of deities, spirits, ghosts and otherworldly beings in Theravāda Buddhism. Ya Mo represents a wide range of meanings and functions, but when viewed exclusively as a historical figure, most of these do not surface. In order to understand the Ya Mo phenomenon, the field between religion and magic in Thai Theravāda Buddhism must therefore be explored, as well as how people create and uphold distinctions between religion and magic, and how they communicate and negotiate between these two spheres or dimensions. This paper attempts to analyse how non-Buddhist monuments and shrines, in this case a historical memorial to Ya Mo, erected as part of Thai nation-building, represent a vivid part of Thai religious and spiritual life, deeply rooted in a Buddhist worldview. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 1599
Introduction 1599
The Thai Spirit World 1603
Ya Mo in Contemporary Khorat 1611
The Nationalistic Struggle over the Spirit of Ya Mo 1614
Guardian Spirit and Mother of Loving Kindness 1618
Conclusion 1624 |
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| ISSN | 0026749X (P); 14698099 (E) |
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| Created date | 2023.12.25 |
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| Modified date | 2023.12.25 |
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