TY  - GEN
T1  - The fox's craft in Japanese religion and folklore : shapeshifters, transformations, and duplicities
T2  - Religion in history, society & culture ;
A1  - Bathgate, Michael, 1967-
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Routledge
YR  - 2004
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm56891284
AB  - 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.
OP  - 191
CN  - BL2211.I5 B37 2004eb
SN  - 0203484762
SN  - 9780203484760
SN  - 9786610052622
SN  - 661005262X
SN  - 9780415968218
SN  - 0415968216
SN  - 9781135883911
SN  - 1135883912
SN  - 9781135883867
SN  - 1135883866
SN  - 9781135883904
SN  - 1135883904
SN  - 9781138878969
SN  - 1138878960
SN  - 1280052627
SN  - 9781280052620
KW  - Foxes : Religious aspects.
KW  - Foxes : Japan : Folklore.
KW  - Inari.
KW  - Japan : Religious life and customs.
KW  - Renards : Aspect religieux.
KW  - Renards : Japon : Folklore.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Folklore & Mythology.
KW  - Foxes
KW  - Foxes : Religious aspects
KW  - Inari
KW  - Japan
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Folklore
ER  -