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Japanese mythology / Juliet Piggott.

Piggott, Juliet. (Author).

Summary:

Discusses the mythology of Japan, its origins in Shintoism and Buddhism, and the gods, spirits, men, and animals that appear in the many legends and stories.

Record details

ISBN: 0911745092
Physical Description: 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Edition: New revised edition.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : P. Bedrick Books, 1983.
Distributor: Distributed in the USA by Harper & Row.
Copyright: ©1982

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Bibliography: page 142.
Formatted Contents Note:	[Stories Old and New] Urashima -- The Woodcutter and the Fountain of Youth -- Gingko Trees -- Cherry Trees and Cucumbers -- A Taira Ghost -- The Woodcutters' Wens -- Benten, Bringer of Happiness -- The White Butterfly -- The Unusual Dowry. [Men and Animals] The White Hare of oki -- The Tongue-cut Sparrow -- The Grateful Dog -- The Grateful Bee -- Mandarin Ducks -- Filial piety -- Ikezuki, the Horse -- Tametomo and his Dog -- Pots for Hire -- The Badger and the Rabbit -- Malicious Cats -- The Badger and the Fox Cub -- The Badger-Kettle -- How the Jelly-fish lost its Bones -- Enmity between Monkeys and Crabs. [Heroes and Heroines] Momotaro -- Issun Boshi -- Kintaro -- Raiko, or Yorimitsu -- Tawara Toda -- Tametomo -- Benkei and Yoshitsune -- Atsumori and Kumagai -- The Forty-Seven Ronin -- Heroines -- Heroes of Sumo. [Creatures and Spirits] Tengu -- Oni -- Kappa -- The Snow Woman -- Love between Mortals and Spirits -- Animals Transformed into Humans -- A Reincarnation Story -- The Self-seeking Samurai -- Mother-Love -- The Wronged Servant Girl -- A Temple Ghost -- Malice Thwarted -- Buried Treasure -- Virtue Rewarded -- Hoichi's Ordeal. [The Beliefs and Deities of Japan] Structure of Shinto -- Shinto and Buddhism -- The Torii - The Sakaki Tree -- Tengu and Oni -- Shrines and Curses -- Mirrors -- The Bell of Mugen -- The Ghost of O-Sono -- The Celibate Monk -- En No Shokaku -- Kobo Daishi -- Mito Komon -- Nichiren -- Images -- The Daibutsu -- Inari, the Rice God -- The Seven Gods of Luck -- The Shrine and the Carpenter. [A Historical Survey] The Kojiki and the Nihongi -- Oh-kuni-nushi -- Suku-na-biko, the Dwarf God -- Yamato -- Conquest of Korea -- The Arrival of Buddhism -- Shotoku Daishi -- The Fumiwara Period -- The Feud of the Tairas and Minamotos -- Yoshi-iye -- Kiyomoro -- Tametome and Yoshitsune -- Battle of Dannoura -- Toyotomi -- Hideyoshi -- The Isolation of Japan -- Foreign Contacts. [The Country and its Creation] Creation Myths -- Izanagi and Izanami -- Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess -- Susano, the Storm God -- Trees and Rocks -- Uke-mochi -- Fire Fade and Fire Flash -- The Hira Hurricane -- The Cherry and the Plum -- Ninigi and the Blossom Princess.