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"ref": "1990, V. Geetha with S. V. Rajadurai, “Communal Violence in Madras: A Portent?”, in Economic and Political Weekly, volume 25, number 38, →ISSN, page 2122",
"text": "[…] Ganesh (Pillayar in Tamil), here is not associated with militant Hinduism; Pillayar is a lovable household deity here, a free and familiar god who craves no chauvinistic devotion.",
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"ref": "2005, Michael Como, “Silkworms and Consorts in Nara Japan”, in Asian Folklore Studies, volume 64, number 1, page 127",
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"ref": "1954, Marshall Fishwick, “American Heroes:Columbia's Path”, in Western Folklore, volume 13, number 2/3, page 155",
"text": "In our day Roy Basler's The Lincoln Legend and Lloyd Lewis' Myths After Lincoln have demonstrated that the most popular and admired of all American heroes has long ago been made superhistorical in myth; he has become, at least north of the Potomac, a household deity.",
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"ref": "1967, Donald K. Pickens, “The Sterilization Movement: The Search for Purity in Mind and State”, in Phylon, volume 28, number 1, page 94",
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"ref": "1970, N.B. Penny, “The Whig Cult of Fox in Early Nineteenth-Century Sculpture”, in Past & Present, number 70, page 101",
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"sense": "minor god or goddess who protects a home or family",
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"roman": "oikiakí theótita",
"sense": "minor god or goddess who protects a home or family",
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"word": "οικιακή θεότητα"
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