Illustrations
Figures
1.1
Girls with mothers and brothers at the sacred fish pond in Andreta, April 15, 1984; photograph taken by Brigitte Luchesi.
1.2
House shrine with images of Ralī and her brother Bastu in front of a color print showing God Śiva, Dattal, April 13, 2015; photograph taken by Brigitte Luchesi.
1.3
Group of girls with a priest gathering around the sacred fire during the wedding ceremonies for Ralī and Śiva, Dattal, April 13, 2015; photograph taken by Brigitte Luchesi.
4.1
Structure of the prototypical angel experience narrative.
6.1
Left side of the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2. Digital reproduction by Isabel Laack. Copyright: Ángeles Espinosa Yglesias.
6.2
Series of natural disasters, Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2. Digital reproduction by Isabel Laack. Copyright: Ángeles Espinosa Yglesias.
8.1
Main entrance of the Charvaka Ashram during the Nastika Mela 2014; photograph taken by Stefan Binder.
8.2
Busts depicting Payasi, Buddha, Periyar Ramasami, B.R. Ambedkar, K.B. Krishna, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy, Jyotirao Phule, and Savitribai Phule (from right to left); photograph taken by Stefan Binder.
8.3
Bust of Makkhali Gosala with inscriptions at the backside of the Charvaka Ashram; photograph taken by Stefan Binder.
10.1
The sorrow of Radha. Folio of the Second Guler Gitagovinda, Pahari region, India, around 1775. Copyright: The Metropolian Museum of Art.
10.2
Cunning Krishna. Folio of the Second Guler Gitagovinda, Pahari region, India, around 1775. Copyright: Museum Rietberg, Zürich.
10.3
The south wind cools itself in the snows of the Himalayas. Folio of the Second Guler Gitagovinda, Pahari region, India, around 1775. Copyright: Museum Rietberg, Zürich.
12.1
The merging of coupling constants at high energies. Reproduction by Arianna Borrelli from http://www.particleadventure.org/grand.html. © 2014 by the Particle Data Group.
Table
4.1
Strategies of plausibility construction in angel experience narratives.