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Weaving and binding : immigrant gods and female immortals in ancient Japan

Title
Weaving and binding : immigrant gods and female immortals in ancient Japan / Michael Como.
Author
Como, Michael.
Publication
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2009.

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Description
xxi, 306 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Immigrant gods on the road to Jindō -- Karakami and animal sacrifice -- Female rulers and female immortals -- The queen mother of the west and the ghosts of the Buddhist tradition -- Shamanesses, lavatories, and the magic of silk -- Silkworms and consorts -- Silkworm cults in the heavenly grotto : Amaterasu and the children of Ama no Hoakari.
Call Number
JFE 10-498
ISBN
  • 9780824829575 (hard cover : alk. paper)
  • 0824829573 (hard cover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009015371
OCLC
YBP 2009015371
Author
Como, Michael.
Title
Weaving and binding : immigrant gods and female immortals in ancient Japan / Michael Como.
Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-498
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