El-Aswad, el-Sayed, 1949-

Religion and folk cosmology : scenarios of the visible and invisible in rural Egypt / el-Sayed el-Aswad. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002. - xii, 206 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: one -- Introduction, -- 1 --two -- The Village in a Sociocosmic Context, -- 22 --three -- The Cosmos: The Visible and the Invisible, -- 60 --four -- The Hierarchical Microcosm: -- Visible and Invisible Aspects of the Person, -- 86 -- five -- Symbolic Exchange, Gender, and Cosmological Forces, -- 109 --six -- Multiple Worlds, -- 144 --seven -- Conclusion, -- 169.

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Folklore--Egypt.
Ethnophilosophy--Egypt.
Islamic cosmology.


Egypt--Rural conditions.
Egypt--Social life and customs.

GR355 / .A89 2002

398.0932 AS.R 2002 / 02592