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Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama.

Animals, Mythical. --- Tricksters. --- Trickster --- Folklore --- Magicians --- Swindlers and swindling --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Mythology --- Tricksters --- Animals, Mythical

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Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world of cryptozoology. Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero have written an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on cryptids, presenting the arguments both for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience that perpetuates their myths. After examining the nature of science and pseudoscience and their relation to cryptozoology, Loxton and Prothero take on Bigfoot; the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, and its cross-cultural incarnations; the Loch Ness monster and its highly publicized sightings; the evolution of the Great Sea Serpent; and Mokele Mbembe, or the Congo dinosaur. They conclude with an analysis of the psychology behind the persistent belief in paranormal phenomena, identifying the major players in cryptozoology, discussing the character of its subculture, and considering the challenge it poses to clear and critical thinking in our increasingly complex world.

Cryptozoology. --- Animals, Mythical. --- Pseudoscience. --- Junk science --- Science --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Zoology --- Mythology --- Animals, Mythical --- Cryptozoology --- Pseudoscience --- 59 --- Zoölogie. Dierkunde --- 59 Zoölogie. Dierkunde --- 59 Zoology --- Zoologie. Dierkunde

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Emerging from depths comes a series of papers dealing with one of the most significant creations that reflects on and critiques human existence. Both a warning and a demonstration, the monster as myth and metaphor provides an articulation of human imagination that toys with the permissible and impermissible. Monsters from zombies to cuddly cartoon characters, emerging from sewers, from pages of literature, propaganda posters, movies and heavy metal, all are covered in this challenging, scholarly collection. This volume the third in the series presents a marvellous collection of studies on the metaphor of the monster in literature, cinema, music, culture, philosophy, history and politics. Both historical reflection and concerns of our time are addressed with clarity and written in an accessible manner providing appeal for the scholar and lay reader alike. This eclectic collection will be of interest to academics and students working in a range of disciplines, such as cultural studies, film studies, political theory, philosophy and literature studies.

Animals, Mythical. --- Monsters in art. --- Monsters in literature. --- Monsters in mass media. --- Monsters in motion pictures. --- Monsters. --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Folklore --- Art. --- Literature. --- Mass media. --- Motion pictures. --- Ungeheuer. --- Motion pictures --- Mass media --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Mythology --- Monsters as literary characters --- Freaks --- Monsters, Double --- Monstrosities --- Curiosities and wonders --- Abnormalities

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Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, consi

Animals, Mythical, in art. --- Animals, Mythical. --- Celts. --- Celts - Domestic animals. --- Mythology, Celtic. --- Celts --- Animals, Mythical --- Animals, Mythical, in art --- Mythology, Celtic --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Social Sciences --- Celtic mythology --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Celtic peoples --- Gaels --- Ethnology --- Indo-Europeans --- Alpine race --- Domestic animals --- Hunting --- Folklore --- Mythology --- Animals [Mythical ] --- Mythology [Celtic ] --- CELTS --- DOMESTIC ANIMALS --- Domestic animals. --- Hunting.

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Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese cultural imagination and offering an abundance of valuable and, until now, understudied material. Michael Dylan Foster tracks yôkai over three centuries, from their appearance in seventeenth-century natural histories to their starring role in twentieth-century popular media. Focusing on the intertwining of belief and commodification, fear and pleasure, horror and humor, he illuminates different conceptions of the "natural" and the "ordinary" and sheds light on broader social and historical paradigms-and ultimately on the construction of Japan as a nation.

Animals, Mythical --- Supernatural. --- Spirits. --- Invisible world --- Supernatural --- Fear of spirits --- Religion --- Miracles --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Mythology --- Japan --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Spirits --- J1723.80 --- J1723 --- J4120 --- J4150 --- J5620 --- Japan: Religion in general -- demonology --- Japan: Religion in general -- primitive religions -- general popular beliefs and folk religion --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social psychology and social-cultural phemomena --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social psychology and social-cultural phenomena --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс --- ayakashi. --- belief. --- commodification. --- demons. --- east asian cultural studies. --- horror. --- human electricity. --- humor. --- japan. --- japanese cultural imagination. --- japanese culture. --- japanese folklore. --- kanji. --- kokkuri. --- malevolent. --- mamono. --- minzokugaku. --- mischievous. --- mizuki shigeru. --- modernity. --- mononoke. --- monsters. --- mountain goblins. --- natural history. --- shape shifting animals. --- spirits. --- spooky stories. --- supernatural monsters. --- toriyama sekien. --- water sprites. --- yokai.