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Japanese Mythology : Hermeneutics on Scripture.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in Culture SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (190 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781134949014
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Japanese MythologyDDC classification:
  • 299.5/6113
LOC classification:
  • BL2203.I8213 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Hermeneutics on the Theory of Sacred Texts and Nostalgia toward Historical Origins -- Chapter 1 National History, Shintō, and Myth: General Remarks on the History of the Interpretation of the Kiki -- Chapter 2 The Canon and Variants: An Examination of the Mythology of Susanowo -- Chapter 3 Myth in Metamorphosis: Ancient and Medieval Versions of the Yamatotakeru Legend -- Chapter 4 Myth and Rationality: Understanding God in the Early-Modern and Modern Periods -- Chapter 5 Myth and Nationalism: Motoori Norinaga's Creation Myths -- Chapter 6 The Space of Historical Discourse: Ishimoda Shō's Theory of the Heroic Age -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Explores the history of the interpretation of Japanese mythology, the Japanese attraction to this act of historical grounding, and the varying identities that emerged during different historical periods.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Hermeneutics on the Theory of Sacred Texts and Nostalgia toward Historical Origins -- Chapter 1 National History, Shintō, and Myth: General Remarks on the History of the Interpretation of the Kiki -- Chapter 2 The Canon and Variants: An Examination of the Mythology of Susanowo -- Chapter 3 Myth in Metamorphosis: Ancient and Medieval Versions of the Yamatotakeru Legend -- Chapter 4 Myth and Rationality: Understanding God in the Early-Modern and Modern Periods -- Chapter 5 Myth and Nationalism: Motoori Norinaga's Creation Myths -- Chapter 6 The Space of Historical Discourse: Ishimoda Shō's Theory of the Heroic Age -- Notes -- Index.

Explores the history of the interpretation of Japanese mythology, the Japanese attraction to this act of historical grounding, and the varying identities that emerged during different historical periods.

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