Ritual and Mythology of the Chinese Triads: Creating an Identity - Barend ter Haar - Bog

This new paperback title in Brill's Scholars' List presents a thorough investigation into the phenomenon of the Chinese Triads, their ritual and mythological lore, and their meanings and functions. On the foundations of a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, among which also recent Chinese scholarship, the author interprets Triad myth and ritual in their Chinese religious context.