Mountain Witches - Yamauba

Mountain Witches is a comprehensive guide to the complex figure of yamauba--female yōkai often translated as mountain witches, who are commonly described as tall, enigmatic women with long hair, piercing eyes, and large mouths that open from ear to ear and who live in the mountains--and the evolution of their roles and significance in Japanese culture and society from the premodern era to the present.

About the author

Noriko T. Reider is professor of Japanese at Miami University, where her research focuses on the supernatural in Japanese literature, folklore, and art. She is the author of Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan, Japanese Demon Lore, Mountain Witches and Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Asian Ethnology, Japan Forum, and Film Criticism, among other journals.

Product details

• Authors: Noriko T Reider, Noriko T. Reider
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Up Colorado
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781646420544
• ISBN: 978-1-64642-054-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Utah State University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore