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The world view of the Ainu : nature and cosmos reading from language / Takako Yamada.
Penn Museum Library BL2370.A5 Y362 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yamada, Takako.
- Standardized Title:
- Ainu no sekaikan. English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Ainu--Religion.
- Ainu.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Kegan Paul, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book clarifies that the Ainu world view is based on the complementary and dualistic cosmology of people and "kamui" (god), with animals playing a symbolic role linking religion and ecology, and suggests the coexistence of people with nature.
- Notes:
- Original Japanese version published in 1994 by Kodansha.
- "Translation done with the aid of Naohiko Tokito"--P. viii.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0710307322
- OCLC:
- 49807678
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