Handbook of Chinese Mythology - Hardcover
by Lihui Yang, Deming An
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lihui Yang, Deming An, Jessica Anderson TurnerSeries:Handbooks of World MythologyPublish date:2005-09-21Pages:312
Languages:EnglishPublisher:ABC-ClioISBN-13:9781576078068ISBN-10:157607806XUPC:9781576078068Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Human GeographySize:10.38 x 7.20 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.7218Product ID:SCXKGMAXKV
An informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths, including a useful collection of historical documents, detailing myths as they live and change in China today.
Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on revelatory new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full ethnic spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places (Kunlun Mountain), mythical animals and plants (the crow with three feet; Fusang tree), and appurtenances (Xirang--a kind of mythical soil; Bu Si Yao--mythical medicine for long life). No other work captures so well what Chinese mythology means to the people who lived and continue to live their lives by it.Languages:EnglishPublisher:ABC-ClioISBN-13:9781576078068ISBN-10:157607806XUPC:9781576078068Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Human GeographySize:10.38 x 7.20 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.7218Product ID:SCXKGMAXKV
Lihui Yang, PhD, is associate professor of folklore and mythology at the College of Chinese Language and Culture at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Deming An, PhD, is associate professor of folklore at the Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China. Jessica Anderson Turner is a PhD candidate in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.Publisher: ABC-Clio
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