Mountain Witches : Yamauba /

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"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 pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reider, Noriko T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Yōkai (Japanese folklore)
Witches in literature.
Supernatural in literature.
Folklore.
Crones.
Folklore > Japan.
Crones > Japan > Folklore.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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