03041oam 2200661I 450 991078386770332120230617005919.01-135-88391-21-280-05262-70-203-48476-210.4324/9780203484760 (CKB)1000000000250055(EBL)182964(OCoLC)475897949(SSID)ssj0000296784(PQKBManifestationID)11225905(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296784(PQKBWorkID)10327216(PQKB)10358725(MiAaPQ)EBC182964(Au-PeEL)EBL182964(CaPaEBR)ebr10093863(CaONFJC)MIL5262(OCoLC)56891284 (EXLCZ)99100000000025005520130331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe fox's craft in Japanese religion and folklore shapeshifters, transformations, and duplicities /by Michael BathgateNew York :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (210 p.)Religion in history, society & culture ;7Description based upon print version of record.0-203-60568-3 0-415-96821-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexFor 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 symbolReligion in history, society & culture ;7.FoxesReligious aspectsFoxesJapanFolkloreInariJapanReligious life and customsFoxesReligious aspects.FoxesInari.398/.3699775/0952Bathgate Michael1967-,1565613MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783867703321The fox's craft in Japanese religion and folklore3835466UNINA