ISBN:
9780415968218
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (210 p.)
Series Statement:
Religion in History, Society and Culture
Parallel Title:
Print version Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and Culture : Signification, Transformation and Duplicity
DDC:
398/.3699775/0952
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; The Jewel Maiden and the Murder Stone: Orientations to Shapeshifting and Signification; Foxes, Wives and Spirits: Shapeshifting and the Languages of Marriage; To Whom Am I Speaking? Shapeshifting and the Semiotics of Revelation; The Gift of the Fox: Shapeshifting and the Power of Wealth; Using the Fox: The Crafts of Shapeshifting and Signification; Glossary; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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