Asian Folklore Studies articles from April 2002

Asian Folklore Studies archives from April 2002

The Deity and Wind of Ise.(Japan)
April 1, 2002... THE JAPANESE GODDESS Ama-terasu seems little more than a personification of the sun. Her contending brother Susa no Wo, goes without a stated function, although many think of him as a storm deity. But evidence linking both to the broader...

"The blessing of living in a country where there are senryu!" humor in the response to Aum Shinrikyo.
April 1, 2002... CONSIDERABLE EFFORT has been devoted, quite naturally, to attempting to explain the rise of Aum Shinrikyo [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and its subsequent turn to violence that culminated in the sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway...

Cinderella in Tibet.(Vetalapancavimsati)
April 1, 2002... THE VETALAPANCAVIMSATI, or The Twenty-five Stories of the Magic Corpse, is a repository of tales common to folk traditions among the peoples of Central Asia. In certain versions of this collection the eleventh story has characteristics of...

Obituary.(ethnologist Anatolij Makarovic Kajgorodov, 1927-1998)(Obituary)
April 1, 2002... Between the Hinggan Taiga and a Moscow Public Library In Memory of Anatolij Makarovic Kajgorodov, 1927-1998 THE MANCHU SCHOLAR Anatolij Makarovic Kajgorodov died in his apartment in Moscow on 25 April 1998, a few days before his...

Indonesian Folktales. (Review Article).(six books)(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... ALIBASAH, MARGARET MUTH. Indonesian Folk Tales. Jakarta: Djambatan, 1998 (7th edition). vi + 99 pages. Illustrations, word list. Paper $2.00; ISBN 979-428-333-9. ALIBASAH, MARGARET MUTH. Indonesian Mouse Deer Fables. Jakarta: Djambatan,...

Communications.
April 1, 2002... Announcements CHINA Re: THE XTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SHAMANISTIC RESEARCH (ISSR), 2003 As it was decided at the last Congress in Viljandi, Estonia, the next Congress will be held in Beijing, the...

Tipi Narodnyh Skazanij. The Types of Folk Legends. The Structural-Semantic Classification of Lithuanian Aetiological, Mythological and Historical Legends. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... KERBELITE BRONISLAVA. Tipi Narodnyh Skazanij. The Types of Folk Legends. The Structural-Semantic Classification of Lithuanian Aetiological, Mythological and Historical Legends. St. Petersburg: Evropejskij Dom, 2001. 605 pages. ISBN...

International Proverb Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... MIEDER, WOLFGANG. International Proverb Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. Supplement III (1990-2000). Bern, New York: Peter Lang, 2001. ix + 457 pages. Name index, subject index, and proverb index. Hardcover FR 110.00; US $73.95. ISBN...

Folk Linguistics. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... NIEDZIELSKI, NANCY A. and DENNIS R. PRESTON. Folk Linguistics. Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 122. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2000. xx + 375 pages. Appendix, bibliography, maps, index. Cloth [pounds...

A Tale of False Fortunes. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... ENCHI FUMIKO. A Tale of False Fortunes. Translation by Roger K. Thomas. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2000. Cloth US$38.00; ISBN 0-8248-2135-1. Paper US$19.95; ISBN 0-8248-2187-4. Roger K. Thomas's translation of Namamiko...

Folktales of Okinawa. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... ENDO, SHOJI. Folktales of Okinawa. Translated by Terunobu Tamamori and Jayne A. Hitchcock Naha, Okinawa/Japan: Bank of the Ryukyus International Foundation, 1995. 200 pages. Tables, chronology, illustrations by Fumio Amuro. Hardcover...

Civilization and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... FIGAL, GERALD. Civilization and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan. Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999. xi + 290 pages. Figures, glossary, bibliography, index. Paper US$17.95; ISBN...

Chinese Chronicles of the Strange: The "Nuogao ji". (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... REED, CARRIE E., transl. Chinese Chronicles of the Strange: The "Nuogao ji." New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2001. 232 pages. Bibliography, index. Hardcover US$54.95; ISBN 0-8204-5116-0. (Asian Thought and Culture, vol. 44) Chinese...

Olonkho--duhovnoe nasledije naroda sakha. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... MAKHAROV, E. M. Editor. Olonkho--duhovnoe nasledije naroda sakha [Olongkho--the cultural heritage of the Sakha (Yakut) people]. Yakutsk: IGI AN RS (Ya), 2000. 199 pages. ISBN 5-8176-0013-7. On the occasion of the meeting on the oral epic...