The Countenance of a Goddess: Kālī Portrayed in Marguerite Yourcenar’s Kali Beheaded
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- KLM000115
- Author or attribution
- Lidia Szczepanik
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2012
- Source / repository
- Iuvenilia Philologorum Cracoviensium / Źródła Humanistyki Europejskiej; Jagiellonian University Repository
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Recent Research Sources — 8 November 2026; Academic Research; Shaktism; Literary and Visual Representations
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Compares Sanskrit portrayals of Kali with Marguerite Yourcenar’s Kali Beheaded. It discusses the head-transposition motif and a proposed connection to a South Indian Mariyamman narrative. The proposed lines of influence are the author’s interpretation. The complete paper, including its final notes, runs through p. 192.
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The Countenance of a Goddess: Kālī Portrayed in Marguerite Yourcenar’s Kali Beheaded
Lidia Szczepanik. Iuvenilia Philologorum Cracoviensium V / Źródła Humanistyki Europejskiej 5 (2012), 177–192. ISBN 978-83-233-3465-1; ISSN 2080-5802.
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Compares Sanskrit portrayals of Kali with Marguerite Yourcenar’s Kali Beheaded. It discusses the head-transposition motif and a proposed connection to a South Indian Mariyamman narrative. The proposed lines of influence are the author’s interpretation. The complete paper, including its final notes, runs through p. 192.
Access verified: 5 November 2026. Complete 16-page university-repository PDF, printed pp. 177–192. Opening, substantial Kali discussion, conclusion, bibliography and final author note were inspected.
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Lidia Szczepanik. The Countenance of a Goddess: Kālī Portrayed in Marguerite Yourcenar’s Kali Beheaded. Iuvenilia Philologorum Cracoviensium V / Źródła Humanistyki Europejskiej 5 (2012), 177–192. ISBN 978-83-233-3465-1; ISSN 2080-5802. https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/server/api/core/bitstreams/f0a14689-3129-47e3-9955-95242911eab7/content
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