Come as lord of the black-headed: an Old Tibetan mythic formula

Hill, Nathan W.

Come as lord of the black-headed: an Old Tibetan mythic formula

Hill, Nathan W.

Authors

PROF Nathan Hill nh36@soas.ac.uk
Professor Tibetan&Historical Linguistics

Contributors

Christoph Cüppers
Editor

Robert Mayer
Editor

Michael Walter
Editor

Citation

Hill, N. W. (2013). Come as lord of the black-headed: an Old Tibetan mythic formula. In C. Cüppers, R. Mayer, & M. Walter (Eds.), Tibet after Empire Culture, Society and Religion between 850-1000 (169-179). Lumbini International Research Institute

Publication Date	Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date	Apr 19, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Mar 3, 2025
Pages	169-179
Book Title	Tibet after Empire Culture, Society and Religion between 850-1000
ISBN	9789937553056
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