The fox's craft in Japanese religion and folklore : shapeshifters, transformations, and duplicities /
For more than a millennium, the fox has been a ubiquitous figure at the margins of the Japanese collective imagination. In the writings of the nobility and the motifs of popular literature, the fox is known as a shapeshifter, able to assume various forms in order to deceive others. Focusing on recur...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
| منشور في: |
New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| سلاسل: | Religion in history, society & culture ;
7. |
| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=106323 |
| الملخص: | For more than a millennium, the fox has been a ubiquitous figure at the margins of the Japanese collective imagination. In the writings of the nobility and the motifs of popular literature, the fox is known as a shapeshifter, able to assume various forms in order to deceive others. Focusing on recurring themes of transformation and duplicity in folklore, theology, and court and village practice, The Fox's Craft explores the meanings and uses of shapeshifter fox imagery in Japanese history. Michael Bathgate finds that the shapeshifting powers of the fox make it a surprisingly fundamental symbol. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xviii, 191 pages) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index. |
| ردمك: | 0203484762 9780203484760 9786610052622 661005262X 9780415968218 0415968216 9781135883911 1135883912 9781135883867 1135883866 9781135883904 1135883904 9781138878969 1138878960 1280052627 9781280052620 |