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Contes de fées --- Fairy tales --- Fées [Contes de ] --- Sprookjes --- Tales [Fairy ] --- Fairytales --- Children's stories --- Tales --- History and criticism

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Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. The most comprehensive compendium of short medieval Japanese fiction in English, Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture largely unknown today outside of Japan.These stories, called otogizōshi, or Muromachi tales (named after the Muromachi period, 1337 to 1573), date from approximately the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Often richly illustrated in a painted-scroll format, these vernacular stories frequently express Buddhist beliefs and provide the practical knowledge and moral education required to navigate medieval Japanese society. The otogizōshi represent a major turning point in the history of Japanese literature. They bring together many earlier types of narrative—court tales, military accounts, anecdotes, and stories about the divine origins of shrines and temples––joining book genres with parlor arts and the culture of itinerant storytellers and performers. The works presented here are organized into three thematically overlapping sections titled, “Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds,” “Buddhist Tales,” and “Interspecies Affairs.” Each translation is prefaced by a short introduction, and the book features images from the original scroll paintings, illustrated manuscripts, and printed books.

Otogi-zōshi. --- Japanese fiction --- Japanese prose literature --- Otogi-zZoshi. --- Otogi-zoshi --- J5620 --- J5924 --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose -- Kamakura and Chūsei in general (1185-1600) --- E-books

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J1872 --- J1890 --- J5610 --- J5620 --- S35/1022 --- Legends, Buddhist --- #SML: Joseph Spae --- Legends --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- Hossō, Yuishiki --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- literature --- Japan: Literature -- story telling, oral literature --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan--Buddhism: sacred texts (incl. commentaries) see also 37/ --- Buddhist legends. --- Buddhist legends

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Folklore --- Japanese language --- Asian literature --- Aziatische letterkunde. --- Bloemlezing. --- J5620 --- J1947 --- J1890 --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan: Religion -- Shintō -- sacred writings, teachings --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- literature --- J1912.10 --- Japan: Religion -- Shintō -- sacred writings, teachings -- histories, mythologies --- Japan

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Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued ceiling-lickers. Currently popular in anime, manga, film, and computer games, many yokai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories. Drawing on years of research in Japan, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks the history and cultural context of yokai, tracing their roots, interpreting their meanings, and introducing people who have hunted them through the ages. In this delightful and accessible narrative, readers will explore the roles played by these mysterious beings within Japanese culture and will also learn of their abundance and variety through detailed entries, some with original illustrations, on more than fifty individual creatures. The Book of Yokai provides a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture. It also invites readers to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them. By exploring yokai as a concept, we can better understand broader processes of tradition, innovation, storytelling, and individual and communal creativity.  

Yōkai (Japanese folklore) --- J1723.80 --- J5620 --- Japan: Religion in general -- demonology --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Folklore --- Monsters --- Yōkai (Japanese folklore). --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Ungeheuer. --- Dämon. --- Volksglaube. --- Yōkai. --- Mythologie japonaise. --- Folktro. --- Folklore & Mythology. --- Japan. --- Japon. --- ancient folktales. --- anime. --- anthropology. --- asian mythology. --- concept of yokai. --- cultural reference. --- film. --- historical context. --- japanese folklore. --- japanese history. --- kappa water spirit. --- kitsune. --- long tongued ceiling licker. --- manga. --- monster guide. --- mountain goblins. --- shape-shifting foxes. --- yokai.