Seven Strands of the Serpent's Tail: Creativity and Cultural Improvisation in the Making of a Ritual...
Seven Strands of the Serpent's Tail: Creativity and Cultural Improvisation in the Making of a Ritual Whip in Contemporary Taiwan
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Nanzan University
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Among the most ubiquitous ritual implements in modern Taiwan, the ritual whip functions to dispel demons and to summon spirit soldiers, the material embodiment of a fearsome serpent deity. Known as Saint Golden Whip, a standard ritual whip has a wooden handle carved in the likeness of a snake, a dragon, or a hybrid of the two, and a thong at least...
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Seven Strands of the Serpent's Tail: Creativity and Cultural Improvisation in the Making of a Ritual Whip in Contemporary Taiwan
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