Folk Legends of Japan

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Shintoism, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: Richard M. Dorson ISBN: 9781462909636
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Publication: September 11, 2012
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing Language: English
Author: Richard M. Dorson
ISBN: 9781462909636
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication: September 11, 2012
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Language: English

Delightfully illustrated, this collection of Japanese myths and fairy tales presents readers with a rich folk tradition.

Folk Legends of Japan contains of over one hundred Japanese folk legends. These have been selected by a distinguished American folklorist, drawn from expert Japanese transcriptions of oral legends, and carefully translated in such a way as to bring out the charming, unadorned, and sometimes disarmingly frank folk quality of the originals.

Each legend is carefully annotated for the student, scholar, and a full bibliography is provided. Fortunately, the scholarly attributes of the book are now allowed to intrude between the general reader and his enjoyment of the legends themselves.

Anyone who loves a genuine old wives' tales, who savors firelit evenings of listening to the folk stories will find much pleasure in these Japanese stories. At the same time the folklorist will find a mine of information, and the Japanophile will discover the folk basis for many of the beliefs and customs that may have puzzled him in the past.

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Delightfully illustrated, this collection of Japanese myths and fairy tales presents readers with a rich folk tradition.

Folk Legends of Japan contains of over one hundred Japanese folk legends. These have been selected by a distinguished American folklorist, drawn from expert Japanese transcriptions of oral legends, and carefully translated in such a way as to bring out the charming, unadorned, and sometimes disarmingly frank folk quality of the originals.

Each legend is carefully annotated for the student, scholar, and a full bibliography is provided. Fortunately, the scholarly attributes of the book are now allowed to intrude between the general reader and his enjoyment of the legends themselves.

Anyone who loves a genuine old wives' tales, who savors firelit evenings of listening to the folk stories will find much pleasure in these Japanese stories. At the same time the folklorist will find a mine of information, and the Japanophile will discover the folk basis for many of the beliefs and customs that may have puzzled him in the past.

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