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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Serie: | Religion in history, society & culture ;
7. |
| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=106323 |
Sommario:
- 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.