Enchanting Gods and Dolphins: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Uncanny Encounters

Ethos

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 479-504

  Halloy, Arnaud ^a   Servais, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dolphin encounter; Education of attention; Ontological uncertainty; Sensescape; Spirit possession; Technology of enchantment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912574861     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etho.12065     Document Type: Article

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