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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Bibliografiset tiedot
Päätekijä: Bathgate, Michael, 1967-
Aineistotyyppi: Licensed eBooks
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Sarja:Religion in history, society & culture ; 7.
Linkit:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=106323
Sisällysluettelo:
  • Chapter 1 The Jewel Maiden and The Murder Stone
  • chapter 2 Foxes, Wives and Spirits
  • chapter 3 To Whom Am I Speaking?
  • chapter 4 The Gift of the Fox
  • chapter 5 Using the Fox.