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Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Folklore: Ninety Stories about Ghosts, Demons and Other Supernatural Beings from the Konjaku Monogatari

Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Folklore: Ninety Stories about Ghosts, Demons and Other Supernatural Beings from the Konjaku Monogatari

Allen, Bruce
Koriyama, Naoshi
Thornber, Karen

Hardcover

Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 4805318643
ISBN13: 9784805318645
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: Oct 8 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
Supernatural tales from the most famous anthology in all of Japanese literature!

The Konjaku Monogatari Shu is a collection of tales from Buddhist and popular Japanese folklore that was compiled in the twelfth century. The stories in this book tell of fearsome demons, tengu goblins, kitsune fox spirits, flying hermits and gods who suddenly appear out of nowhere to rescue foolish humans. There are tales of vengeful animals, robbers, bandits and murderers, as well as ordinary people from all walks of life.

This volume contains the largest collection of Konjaku Monogatari stories ever translated into English. It presents the low and the high, the humble and the devout, and the flirting, farting and fornicating of everyday men and women.

The ninety tales in this book include:

  • A Clerk from Higo Province Escapes from a Demon's Scheme -- A man riding his horse to work loses his way. A woman invites him to rest in her house, promising to help him, but the man soon realizes she is a demon, and flees. He hides in a cave, while the demon woman eats his horse. From deep in the cave comes the voice of another demon, and the man prays to Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, to save him. His prayers are heard, the demons release him, and he devouts himself to a life of piety.

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