Asian Mythologies

by Wendy Doniger

Book Overview

These 130 articles explore mythologies in societies from India to Japan. Among the many topics are Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Indonesian rites of passage, Chinese cosmology and demons, and Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit." The mythological traditions of Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia are also included.

"The almost 100 contributors combine, with characteristic precision and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226064565
• ISBN13: 9780226064567
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"