Mountain witches : Yamauba /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reider, Noriko T. (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Logan : Utah State University Press, an imprint of University Press of Colorado, [2021]
Subjects:	Yōkai (Japanese folklore) Crones > Japan > Folklore. Witches in literature. Supernatural in literature. Folklore > Japan. Crones. Folklore. Japan. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Yōkai, yamauba's topos and gender, and archetype
Man-eating, helping, shapeshifting yamauba : yamauba's duality
Mother Yamauba and weaving : childbirth and bloodsucker, spinning and spiders
Reading one's mind and telling a future : "Yamauba and the cooper," "The smile of a mountain witch," and throne of blood
Yamauba, yasabur? basa, datsueba : images of premodern crones, yamauba's flying ability and re-creation of a prototype
Aging, dementia, and abandoned women : an interpretation of yamauba
Yamamba mumbo jumbo : yamauba in contemporary society.