Weaving and Binding : : Immigrant Gods and Female Immortals in Ancient Japan /

Weaving and Binding : : Immigrant Gods and Female Immortals in Ancient Japan / / Michael Como.

Among the most exciting developments in the study of Japanese religion over the past two decades has been the discovery of tens of thousands of ritual vessels, implements, and scapegoat dolls (hitogata) from the Nara (710-784) and early Heian (794-1185) periods. Because inscriptions on many of the i...

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Como, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Immigrant Gods on the Road to Jindō
  • Chapter 2. Karakami and Animal Sacrifice
  • Chapter 3. Female Rulers and Female Immortals
  • Chapter 4. The Queen Mother of the West and the Ghosts of the Buddhist Tradition
  • Chapter 5. Shamanesses, Lavatories, and the Magic of Silk
  • Chapter 6. Silkworms and Consorts
  • Chapter 7. Silkworm Cults in the Heavenly Grotto
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary of Names and Terms
  • Appendix
  • Notes and Abbreviations
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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