Sparrows and Lions: Fauna in Sikh Imagery, Symbolism and Ethics
Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore - Fabrizio M. Ferrari
Eleanor Nesbitt
University of Warwick
Description
The present chapter intends to map the territory in the hope that others may explore such issues in more detail. The territory concerned includes art work (whether reliefs in Sikh historic gurdwārās, the religious iconography of ‘calendar’ art, or the work of contemporary artists).