Rage and Ravage : : Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 3 /

Rage and Ravage : : Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 3 / / Bernard Faure.

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Rage and Ravage is the third installment of a milestone project in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism—specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernar...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
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Faure, Bernard,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©2022
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (624 p.) :; 193 color and b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PREAMBLE
  • 1. Sympathy for the Devils
  • 2. The Demonic World
  • 3. Demonologies
  • 4. Like an Evil Wind—Gozu Tennō
  • 5. The Road to Excess—Susanoo
  • 6. The Little Lords
  • 7. Furor and Mystery—Kōjin
  • 8. The Return of the Native
  • 9. Divine Land, Demonic Seas
  • 10. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
  • Coda
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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