The Widow and the Adulteress. Aspects of Gender in Tibetan Sa Dpyad Geomancy

• Authors: Petra Maurer

Abstracts

EN

The influence of gender pervades the various useages of Tibetan geomancy (sa dpyad) and those of Chinese calculation (nag rtsis). The moment someone consults a diviner to get his or her future calculated, be it with respect to an outlook on his or her life, his or her diseases, a marriage, the construction of a house, the planting of a field or travels, he or she is affected by gender. This is apparent not only in the fact that the astrologer is usually a man, but also in the method he uses to perform his calculations: The method of calculating a person’s future varies depending on the person’s gender and the dimensions calculated are assigned a gender.

Keywords

EN

Tibetan divination; gender; Tibetan geomancy; sa dpyad

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 212-231

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Petra Maurer

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

57098520