03033nam 2200661Ia 450 991095759270332120251116175551.01-135-88391-21-280-05262-70-203-48476-210.4324/9780203484760 (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)99100000000025005520030625d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe fox's craft in Japanese religion and folklore shapeshifters, transformations, and duplicities /by Michael BathgateNew York Routledge20031 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 Michael1967-1882618MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957592703321The fox's craft in Japanese religion and folklore4497938UNINA