Oedipal god : the Chinese Nezha and his Indian origins
Meir Shahar (Author)
Offers the most comprehensive account in any language of the prodigal deity Nezha. Celebrated for over a millennium, Nezha is among the most formidable and enigmatic of all Chinese gods. In this theoretically informed study Meir Shahar recounts Nezha's riveting tale - which culminates in suicide and attempted patricide - and uncovers hidden tensions in the Chinese family system.
Print Book, Multiple Languages, 2015
University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, 2015
Cross-cultural studies
xvi, 256 pages ; 24 cm
9780824847609, 0824847601
899138008
Sons and fathers
Patricide and suicide
The Chinese Oedipus
Teenage delinquent or revolutionary martyr
Divine warrior
The child-god
Biological and spiritual fathers
Esoteric Buddhism
Nezha, Nalakūbara, and Kṛṣṇa