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Article: Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

TitleSacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations
Authors
Keywordsbiocultural landscape
environmental perception
human–snake relation
religion
sacred grove
Issue Date2020
PublisherWiley Open Access. The Journal's web site is located at https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25758314
Citation
People and Nature, 2020, v. 2 n. 1, p. 111-122 How to Cite?
Abstract1. Serpent‐god worship is an ancient tradition still practiced in many sacred groves across the Western Ghats of India. Although sacred groves there hold ecological conservation value, few studies have focused on arguably the most iconic taxon in the region, snakes. 2. We thus investigated the impact of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on attitudes towards snakes by conducting surveys with people who had entered sacred groves in the past. 3. We found that very few participants who had encountered snakes inside sacred groves in the past harmed them during these encounters. However, nearly a quarter of all participants do harm snakes if encountered outside sacred groves. 4. We also found that a larger proportion of participants who do not harm snakes outside sacred groves worship snake deities, relative to those that do harm them. 5. Our work thus highlights the influence of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on pacifistic human–snake relations in Southwestern India.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/287820
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 4.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.792
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dc.contributor.authorYUAN, FL-
dc.contributor.authorBallullaya, UP-
dc.contributor.authorRoshnach, R-
dc.contributor.authorBonebrake, TC-
dc.contributor.authorSinu, P-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05T12:03:46Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-05T12:03:46Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationPeople and Nature, 2020, v. 2 n. 1, p. 111-122-
dc.identifier.issn2575-8314-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/287820-
dc.description.abstract1. Serpent‐god worship is an ancient tradition still practiced in many sacred groves across the Western Ghats of India. Although sacred groves there hold ecological conservation value, few studies have focused on arguably the most iconic taxon in the region, snakes. 2. We thus investigated the impact of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on attitudes towards snakes by conducting surveys with people who had entered sacred groves in the past. 3. We found that very few participants who had encountered snakes inside sacred groves in the past harmed them during these encounters. However, nearly a quarter of all participants do harm snakes if encountered outside sacred groves. 4. We also found that a larger proportion of participants who do not harm snakes outside sacred groves worship snake deities, relative to those that do harm them. 5. Our work thus highlights the influence of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on pacifistic human–snake relations in Southwestern India.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley Open Access. The Journal's web site is located at https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25758314-
dc.relation.ispartofPeople and Nature-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectbiocultural landscape-
dc.subjectenvironmental perception-
dc.subjecthuman–snake relation-
dc.subjectreligion-
dc.subjectsacred grove-
dc.titleSacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailBonebrake, TC: tbone@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityBonebrake, TC=rp01676-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pan3.10059-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85105056573-
dc.identifier.hkuros314691-
dc.identifier.volume2-
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.identifier.spage111-
dc.identifier.epage122-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000647695100008-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl2575-8314-

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