Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of plates and figures vii
4. Series editors’ foreword ix
5. Preface and acknowledgements x
6. List of abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I: Setting the scene
9. 1 The modern Underworld tradition 15
10. 2 Analysis 21
11. 3 The historical development of Underworld cosmology 32
12. Plates 1
13. Part II: The Underworld tradition in Singapore
14. 4 Yu Feng Nan Fu Xuanshan Miao 41
15. 5 A new Underworld God of Wealth, and foetus assistance rituals in Singapore 62
16. 6 Lunar Seventh Month 83
17. Part III: The Underworld tradition in Malaysia
18. 7 Malaysia and the party spirit 113
19. 8 Seventh Month rituals in southern Malaysia 141
20. 9 Seventh Month rituals in central Malaysia 164
21. Part IV: Tracing the origins of the modern Underworld tradition
22. 10 Anxi Chenghuangmiao and cultural flows of local mythology 189
23. 11 Penang 202
24. 12 Analysis and conclusions 214
25. Appendix of Chinese names 230
26. References 237
27. Index 244