Name Susan Barton Young
School Deering High School
Project Title Kali: Cross-Cultural (Mis)Understandings

 

4.  Episode of “Xena, Princess Warrior” Feb. 27, 1999

According to Rachel McDermott’s summary, “Krsna and Hanuman aid Xena in escaping from a demon king by transforming her into a black-skinned Kali figure, who is then able to decapitate her enemy” (283).

 

This site was created by (Susan Barton Young) at the NEH Summer Institute "Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region," held at the College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2006