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Mountain witches : Yamauba / Noriko Tsunoda Reider.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reider, Noriko T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yōkai (Japanese folklore).
- Crones--Japan--Folklore.
- Crones.
- Witches in literature.
- Supernatural in literature.
- Folklore--Japan.
- Folklore.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Logan : Utah State University Press, an imprint of University Press of Colorado, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Reider, Noriko T.. Mountain witches
- ISBN:
- 9781646420551
- 1646420551
- Publisher Number:
- 40030605282
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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