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Guan yu : the religious afterlife of a failed hero / Barend J. ter Haar.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191842030 (ebook) :Subject(s): Guan, Yu, 160-220 -- Cult -- History | Oral tradition -- China | China -- Religion
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198803645DDC classification: 299.51 LOC classification: BL1942.85Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Guan Yu was a minor general in the third century CE, but over time, he became known as one the most popular and influential deities of imperial China under the name Lord Guan or Emperor Guan. The work explores the cult of Guan Yu by examining the tremendous power of oral culture in creating the mythology of a deity.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Guan Yu was a minor general in the third century CE, but over time, he became known as one the most popular and influential deities of imperial China under the name Lord Guan or Emperor Guan. The work explores the cult of Guan Yu by examining the tremendous power of oral culture in creating the mythology of a deity.
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