Mountain witches : Yamauba
Noriko T. Reider
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
| Originaltittel | [ Mountain witches ]
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| Omfang | xiv, 224 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Yōkai, Yamauba's topos and gender, and archetype -- Man-eating, helping, shapeshifting Yamauba : Yamauba's duality -- Mother Yamauba and weaving : childbirth and bloodsucker, spinning and spiders -- Reading one's mind and telling a future : "Yamauba and the cooper," "The smile of a mountain witch," and throne of blood -- Yamauba, yasabur? basa, datsueba : images of premodern crones, Yamauba's flying ability and re-creation of a prototype -- Aging, dementia, and abandoned women : an interpretation of Yamauba -- Yamamba mumbo jumbo : yamauba in contemporary society. - "A guide to the complex figure of Yamauba-female yōkai often translated as mountain witches, who are commonly described as tall, enigmatic women with long hair, piercing eyes, and living in the mountains-evolution of their roles and significance in Japanese culture from the premodern era to present" --
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| ISBN | 9781646420544
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