Mountain witches Yamauba

"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 pre...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Reider, Noriko T.
Format:
Buch
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Logan Utah State University Press [2021]
Zusammenfassung:
"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" --
Bestände:
  • 1. Etage: oask950.r359
Umfang:
xiv, 224 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:
9781646420544
Schlagworte:
Japan
yōkai
Hexe
Geschichte
oask950
oask932
Yōkai (Japanese folklore)
Crones / Japan / Folklore
Witches in literature
Supernatural in literature
Folklore / Japan
Crones
Folklore
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