The Function of Charter-Myths and Trickster-Tales in Ethiopia
Where there is no consensus between rulers and ruled about the extent of and limits to the use of power, rulers usually invent charters that give them divine rights to wield power at their own discretion. Most people are law-abiding citizens even under such conditions, but their sympathies lie with...
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Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Aethiopica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/284 |