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Title: Yul and Yul Lha: The Territory and Its Deity in Bhutan
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Françoise Pommaret-Imaeda
One Sentence Summary: The author presents an analysis of the relationship of local deities in Bhutan to their territories and to the people living within those territories.

Description: The author presents an analysis of the relationship of local deities in Bhutan to their territories and to the people living within those territories. The paper is based on fieldwork carried out in from 1996 to 1999 and addresses rituals performed for local deities and perceived kinship relations with a deity by local populations. The paper begins with an examination of the term yul, particularly as used in Bhutan and compared to other locational nouns. (Ben Deitle 2006-02-10)

Publisher Place: Gangtok, Sikkim
Publisher: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Normalized publisher place: Gangtok, Sikkim
Publisher country: India
Publisher URL: http://www.tibetology.com/
Published Date: 2004-05
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/bot/bot_2004_01_02.pdf
Subject: Yül lha (yul lha)
yul
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Religion -- Region -- Bhutan
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Tibet -- Bulletin of Tibetology -- 2004, vol. 40, no. 1
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Sikkim -- Bulletin of Tibetology -- Vol. 40, no. 1 (2004)
Cultural Coverage: Bhutan
Language: English
Source URL: www.tibetology.com/asp/Publications.htm
Source: Bulletin of Tibetology
Source Editor: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 40
Source Number: 1
Source Page Numbers: 39-67
Frequency of publication: Three times a year
ISBN/ISSN: 5251516

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Date Of Record Creation: 2005-12-21 17:57:29
Date Record Checked: 2005-12-22
Date Last Modified: 2006-05-19 15:41:56
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