Oedipal God offers the most comprehensive account in any language of the prodigal deity Nezha. Celebrated for over a mil
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Sons and Fathers
2. Patricide and Suicide
3. The Chinese Oedipus
4. Teenage Delinquent or Revolutionary Martyr
5. Divine Warrior
6. The Child-God
7. Biological and Spiritual Fathers
8. Esoteric Buddhism
9. Nezha, Nalakūbara, and Kṛṣṇa
Epilogue: Esoteric Buddhism and the Chinese Supernatural
Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Works Cited
Index