TY - BOOK AU - El-Aswad,el-Sayed TI - Religion and folk cosmology: scenarios of the visible and invisible in rural Egypt SN - 0897899245 AV - GR355 .A89 2002 U1 - 398.0932 AS.R 2002 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger KW - Folklore KW - Egypt KW - Ethnophilosophy KW - Islamic cosmology KW - Rural conditions KW - Social life and customs N1 - 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 ER -