Chaste Widows, Cunning Wives, and Amazonian Warriors: Imaging of Women in Tamil Oral Traditions
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-fifty4-050
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-50B4-050; Women in Tamil Oral Traditions: Gender, Ballad and the Fierce Goddess
- Author or attribution
- Vijaya Ramaswamy
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2010; Asian Ethnology 69(1), pp. 129–157
- Source / repository
- Asian Ethnology 69(1), 2010, pp. 129–157
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 50 Full-Text Sources — Batch 4, November 2026; Regional, devotional and comparative studies; Contextual and Comparative Studies
Description and curator notes
Discusses the Āravalli–Sūravalli oral ballad, its link to Ellai Kālī and the later fierce Bhagavati tradition. Important for comparative regional goddess lore, not a direct Kali ritual manual.
Curator source KALI-50B4-050. Regional, devotional and comparative studies. Research supplement dated 5 November 2026.
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50. Women in Tamil Oral Traditions: Gender, Ballad and the Fierce Goddess
Author/editor: Vijaya Ramaswamy | Publication year: consult article header
Type / language: Academic folkloristics article | English
Discusses the Āravalli–Sūravalli oral ballad, its link to Ellai Kālī and the later fierce Bhagavati tradition. Important for comparative regional goddess lore, not a direct Kali ritual manual.
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Vijaya Ramaswamy. Chaste Widows, Cunning Wives, and Amazonian Warriors: Imaging of Women in Tamil Oral Traditions. Asian Ethnology 69(1), 2010, pp. 129–157. 2010; Asian Ethnology 69(1), pp. 129–157. https://asianethnology.org/article/149621-chaste-widows-cunning-wives-and-amazonian-warriors-imaging-of-women-in-tamil-oral-traditions.pdf
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