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Mountain witches: Yamauba

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dc.contributor.authorReider, Noriko Tsunoda, author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-15T17:55:30Z
dc.date.available2021-09-15T17:55:30Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractA 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.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsYōkai, 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.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/233917
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subject.lcshYōkai (Japanese folklore)
dc.subject.lcshCrones -- Japan -- Folklore
dc.subject.lcshWitches in literature
dc.subject.lcshSupernatural in literature
dc.subject.lcshFolklore -- Japan
dc.titleMountain witches: Yamauba
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