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René von Nebesky-Wojkowitz (1923–1959)

Author of Oracles and Demons of Tibet- the cult and iconography of the tibetan protective

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Includes the names: René Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René von Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René von Nebesky-Wojkowitz, De Nebesky-Wojkowitz Réne

Works by René von Nebesky-Wojkowitz

Oracles and Demons of Tibet- the cult and iconography of the tibetan protective (1634) — Author — 57 copies

Where the gods are mountains; three years among the people of the Himalayas (1955) — Author — 21 copies

Tibetan Religious Dances: Tibetan Text and Annotated Translation of the "Chams Yig" (1976) — Author — 12 copies

Wo Berge Götter sind; drei Jahre bei unerforschten Völkern des Himalaja 2 copies

Die tibetische Schrift (2018) — Author — 1 copy

Archiv für Völkerkunde. Band III — Author — 1 copy

Archiv für Völkerkunde. Band IV — Author — 1 copy

Archiv für Völkerkunde. Band V — Author — 1 copy

Archiv für Völkerkunde. Band VIII — Author — 1 copy

Archiv 68. Archiv Weltmuseum Wien — Author — 1 copy

Nepal. Sonderausstellung im Museum für Völkerkunde — Curator, collector, author — 1 copy

Archiv für Völkerkunde. Band II — Author — 1 copy

Associated Works

Archiv 69. Archiv Weltmuseum Wien — Photographer — 1 copy

Archiv 71. Weltmuseum Wien — Photographer — 1 copy

Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research. No. 2 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René von
Other names: De Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Rene
Birthdate: 1923-06-29
Date of death: 1959-07-09
Gender: male
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (birth)
Austria (passport)
Birthplace: Groß Hoschütz, Czech Silesia. Czechoslovakia
Place of death: Vienna, Austria
Cause of death: pneumonia (or wrath of Tibetan protector deities, see Wikipedia)
Occupations: Curator at Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna [now Weltmuseum Wien]
Himalaya explorer

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Where the Gods are Mountains by René de Nebesky-Wojkowitz

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Annemarie Schweeger-Hefel Editor

Walter Graf Appendix, Author

Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf Editor and Preface

Robert Bleichsteiner Author

Leopold Schmidt Author

Weltmuseum Wien Friends

Ludwig G.A. Zöhrer Author

M.D.W. Jeffreys Author

Norbert Mylius Author

Karl Nowotny Author

Uwe Niebuhr Introduction and Commentaries

International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research

Reinhard Blumauer Editor

C. A. Burland Author

Fausta Nowotny Author

H. Höltker Author

W. G. Moschkowa Author

K. A. Nowotny Author

F. W. König Author

Clemens Radauer Author and Photographer

Doris Prlić Author

Edith Benkö Author

Ildikó Casan-Simányi Editor

Hung-Soo Han Author

Agathe Schmidt Author

Martin Schultz Author

Herbert Günther Author

Martin Gusinde Author

Museum für Völkerkunde (Austria) Corporate Author and Host Institute

Karl Jettmar Author

KARL ANTON NOWOTNY Author

W. Schmidt Author

Javier Nastri Author

Gerard W. van Bussel Editor and Author

Paul Wirz Author

Georg Schifko Author

Hugo Bernatzik Author

R.. Routil Author

Dalai Lama V Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso

Edeltraut Mandl Photographer

Jürgen C. Aschoff Afterword

Alexander Rosoli Photographer

José Imbelloni Thank-you Note

Per Kvaerne Introduction

Michael Bullock Translator

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Works: 12
Also by: 3
Members: 100
Popularity: #190,120
Rating: ½ 2.5

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 10
Languages: 1

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