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This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights.
Myth --- Psychological aspects. --- Psychology. --- Mythology. --- Myths --- Legends --- Religion --- Religions --- Folklore --- Gods --- Demythologization --- God --- Mythology
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Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual, and especially in modern contexts, even cute and lovable. There has been much ambiguity in their character and identity over their long history. Usually male, their female manifestations convey distinctively gendered social and cultural meanings. Oni appear frequently in various arts and media.
Spirits. --- Invisible world --- Folk-lore, Japanese --- Supernatural. --- Legends --- Folklore --- Demonology --- Powers (Christian theology) --- Supernatural --- Fear of spirits --- Religion --- Miracles --- Spirits
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Japanese literature --- Folk literature, Japanese --- Buddhist legends --- Japan --- Social life and customs --- Legends, Buddhist --- Legends --- Japanese folk literature --- Translations into English. --- Fiction. --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс
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The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan. The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan.
Death -- Japan -- Folklore. --- Death -- Social aspects -- Japan. --- Folklore -- Japan. --- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Japan. --- Japan -- Social life and customs. --- Legends -- Japan -- History and criticism. --- Legends -- Japan. --- Folklore --- Death --- Legends --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Social aspects --- History and criticism --- J4157 --- J4120 --- J1715.50 --- J1740 --- J1723.80 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture -- treatment of the dead and funerals --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social psychology and social-cultural phemomena --- Japan: Religion in general -- theology -- mortality, immortality, transmigration --- Japan: Religion in general -- occultism --- Japan: Religion in general -- demonology --- History and criticism. --- Japan --- Social life and customs. --- Dying --- End of life --- Folk-lore, Japanese --- Folk tales --- Traditions --- Urban legends --- Philosophy --- Folklore. --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social psychology and social-cultural phenomena
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A Grammar of the Eastern European Hasidic Hebrew Tale provides the first detailed linguistic analysis of the Hebrew narrative literature composed in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Eastern Europe by followers of the Hasidic spiritual movement. It presents a thorough description of Hasidic Hebrew orthography, morphology, syntax, and lexis illustrated with extensive examples. Attention is devoted to the relationship between Hasidic Hebrew and its biblical, rabbinic, and medieval antecedents; to its links with Aramaic, contemporaneous Maskilic Hebrew, and its authors’ native Yiddish; and to its contributions to Modern (Israeli) Hebrew. The grammar fills a major scholarly gap on the diachronic development of Hebrew and as such will be a key resource for anyone interested in the language’s history.
Hebrew language --- Hasidim --- Hasidic parables --- Grammar. --- History --- History and criticism. --- Parables, Hasidic --- Jewish parables --- Chasidim --- Hassidim --- Jews --- Jewish language --- Semitic languages, Northwest --- Languages --- Legends --- hebrew --- Aramaic --- Biblical Hebrew --- Hasidic Judaism --- Infinitive --- Johann von Michelsohnen --- Mishnaic Hebrew --- Noun --- Rebbe --- Yiddish
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In Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single regional repertoire to show the influence of their intertextual relations on the composition and interpretation of artistic performance. Placing special emphasis on women's rituals, she looks at the relationship between the framework and organization of indigenous genres and the reception of folklore performance. The regional repertoire under examination presents a strikingly female-centered world. Female performers and characters are active, articulate, and frequently challenge or defy expectations of gender. Men also confound traditional gender roles. Flueckiger includes the translations of two full performance texts of narratives sung by female and male storytellers respectively.
Folklore --- Women --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- Folklore, myths & legends
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In this seventeenth-century Chinese novel, Han Xiangzi, best known as one of the Eight Immortals, seeks and achieves immortality and then devotes himself to converting his materialistic, politically ambitious Confucian uncle—Han Yu, a real historical figure—to Daoism. Written in lively vernacular prose interspersed with poems and songs, the novel takes its readers across China, to the heavens, and into the underworld. Readers listen to debates among Confucians, Daoists, and Buddhists and witness trials of faith and the performance of magical feats. In the mode of the famous religious novel Journey to the West, The Story of Han Xiangzi uses colorful characters, twists of plot, witty dialogue, and action suitable for a superhero comic book to convey its religious message—that worldly life is ephemeral and that true contentment can be found only through Daoist cultivation.This is the first translation into any Western language of Han Xiangzi quanzhuan (literally, The Complete Story of Han Xiangzi). On one level, the novel is a delightful adventure; on another, it is serious theology. Although The Story of Han Xiangzi’s irreverent attitude toward the Confucian establishment prevented its acceptance by literary critics in imperial China, it has remained popular among Chinese readers for four centuries.Philip Clart’s introduction outlines the Han Xiangzi story cycle, presents Yang Erzeng in his social context, assesses the literary merits and religious significance of the text, and explores the theory and practice of inner alchemy. This unabridged translation will appeal to students of Chinese literature and to general readers who enjoy international fiction, as well as to readers with an interest in Daoism.
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The mid thirteenth-century Dutch beast epic Van den vos Reynaerde is a fascinating reworking of the most popular branch of the Old French Roman de Renart and one of the finest examples of this popular genre, consisting of a lengthy cycle of animal tales which provided a satirical commentary on human society. Featuring the archetypal sly fox, the epic is also one of earliest examples of a longer literary work written in the Dutch vernacular. This charmingly illustrated edition contains the first-ever version of the Dutch text with a facing English translation, making the undisputed masterpiece of medieval Dutch literature accessible to international scholarly audiences otherwise unable to read the narrative in the original. The critical text and the parallel translation are accompanied by an introduction, interpretative notes, an index of names, a complete glossary, and a short introduction to Middle Dutch, making it an excellent choice for undergraduate or graduate study of medieval European literature. Het dertiende-eeuwse meesterwerk van de middeleeuwse Nederlandse letterkunde, Van den vos Reynaerde, wordt samen met een moderne parallelvertaling in dit boek uitgegeven. De hedendaagse vertaling, die in het Engels gesteld is om een zo groot mogelijk publiek te bereiken, volgt de middeleeuwse tekst op de voet. Een inleiding en literair-historische aantekeningen geven de lezer volop steun bij het begrijpen van het middeleeuwse werk. Het boek bevat tevens een glossarium op de volledige woordvoorraad en een beknopte introducleerling tie op het Middelnederlands. Deze uitgave is zeer geschikt voor gebruik in het hoger onderwijs.
Reynard the Fox (Legendary character) --- Reinaert. --- Reinaert de Vos (Legendary character) --- Reinke de Vos (Legendary character) --- Renart (Legendary character) --- Legends --- Roman de Renart --- Reynard, --- Reinaert, --- Reinke, --- Renart --- Reynard --- Literature & literary studies --- Literature: history & criticism --- Literary studies: poetry & poets --- Education --- nederlandse letterkunde --- nederlandse en vlaamse literatuur --- educatie --- education --- dutch literature --- dutch and flemish literature --- Reynard the Fox (Legendary character).
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The Arjunawiwāha is one of the best known of the Old Javanese classics. This volume presents a new text, based on Balinese manuscripts, with a complete translation, building on the work done by earlier writers. An introduction provides ample background information, as well as an original interpretation of the significance of the text, within its historical and cultural setting. This poem was written by Mpu Kanwa in around A.D. 1030 under King Airlangga, who ruled in East Java. It is Mpu Kanwa’s only known work, and is the second oldest example in the genre of kakawin . The poem is a narrative, but also contains passages of description, philosophical or religious teaching of great interest, as well as remarkable erotic scenes. Parts of the tale have been depicted on early temple reliefs and in paintings, and the text is still recited in Bali by literary clubs and in temple ceremonies. Full text (Open Access)
Kanwa, Empu, 11th cent. --- Kanwa, Empu, 11th cent. -- Criticism and interpretation. --- Languages & Literatures --- Austronesian, Papuan & Australian Languages & Literatures --- Kanwa, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Empu Kanwa, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Legends --- oude literatuur --- indonesie --- manuscripts --- translation --- textual edition --- indonesia --- old literature --- kakawin --- tekst editie --- old javanese language --- oud javaanse taal --- jawa timur --- poetry --- poezie --- manuscripten --- vertaling --- Arjuna --- Asceticism --- Indra --- King of the Gods
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W. C. Handy waking up to the blues on a train platform, Buddy Bolden eavesdropping on the drums at Congo Square, John Lomax taking his phonograph recorder into a southern penitentiary - in Disturbing the Peace, Bryan Wagner revises the history of the black vernacular tradition and gives a new account of black culture by reading these myths in the context of the tradition's ongoing engagement with the law.
SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Ethnic Studies / African American Studies --- African Americans --- Legends --- Ballads --- Police power --- Police-community relations --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Social Sciences --- Social life and customs --- History and criticism --- Music --- History --- Social life and customs. --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Police --- Public relations --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Municipal corporations --- Political science --- Right of property
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