CONTENTS: List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Preface, Note on Transliteration, 1. Introduction: Singing Place and Situating Deities in the Kannada Folksong Chamundi of the Hill, 2. “She killed the buffalo demon and dwells on the middle of the hill”: Myth, Locality, and Cosmological Significance, 3. “You’re the one who protects this place”: Folk Perspectives on Urban History and Regional Significance, 4. “He is from one caste; we are from another”: Religion, Caste, and Social Change, 5. “I live on the top of the hill . . . you remain near its base”: “High” and “Low” in the Goddess Traditions of Southern Karnataka, 6. Chamundi of the Hill Translation, Appendix: “Wodeyar Origin Narrative” from Great Kings of Mysore, Notes, Bibliography, Index.