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200 14$aThe fox's craft in Japanese religion and folklore $eshapeshifters, transformations, and duplicities /$fby Michael Bathgate
210   $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003
215   $a1 online resource (210 p.)
225 1 $aReligion in history, society & culture ;$v7
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aBook 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
330   $aFor 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 symbol
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606   $aFoxes$xReligious aspects
606   $aFoxes$zJapan$vFolklore
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607   $aJapan$xReligious life and customs
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