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A multidisciplinary study which examines the ancient notion of competitive contests and provides illustrations which range across geographical boundaries and different eras. Examples discussed include Blackfoot mythology, festivals in northern China and children's games in Japan.
The Yearbook of the Traditional Cosmology Society, Volume 6, devoted to the Society's conference on "Contests". Includes papers on "Contest in the Cosmology and the Ritual of the Irish 'Merry Wake'"; "Contests of Power in Blackfoot Life and Mythology"; "Balinese Contests on Lombok", etc.
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Contests: Cosmos: The Yearbook of the Traditional Cosmology Society, Vol. 6, 1990
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Edinburgh University Press (edition ), 1991
ISBN 10: 0748601996
ISBN 13: 9780748601998
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