Exploring Naga Images: Textual Analysis of Thailand’s Narratives
@inproceedings{Chang2017ExploringNI, title={Exploring Naga Images: Textual Analysis of Thailand’s Narratives}, author={Ya Liang Chang}, year={2017} }
Naga, the guardian of the Buddhist Three Gems, dominates the waters, and is an important cultural image in Thailand, as well as an auspicious symbol in ordinary life. This article uses nine Thai stories as texts to explore images of the Naga. The results show that the Naga images of Thailand’s narratives can be divided into two types: images from Buddhist stories and those from indigenous stories. The main difference between the two types is the Naga’s behavior after converting to Buddhism. The…
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DEPREMLE BAŞA ÇIKMA STRATEJİLERİNE KÜLTÜREL BİR YAKLAŞIM: TÜRK HALK ŞİİRLERİ VE MEMORATLARI ÖRNEKLERİ
- Motif Akademi Halk Bilimi Dergisi
- 2020
Bu calismanin amaci; depremin sosyal ve psikolojik boyutunun arka planlarindan biri olan kulturel boyutun, depremle bas etme stratejileri arasinda tartisilmasini saglamak ve deprem egitiminde bu…
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