The Religions of Mongolia

The Religions of Mongolia
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : 0520038576
ISBN-13 : 9780520038578
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Download or read book The Religions of Mongolia written by Walther Heissig and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study Walther Heissig focuses on the existence in Mongolia of religious forms which have more ancient roots even than Buddhism. Professor Heissig is mainly concerned in the present book with those beliefs and concepts which belong to the non-Buddhist folk religion of the Mongols.


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