Journey of a Goddess : Chen Jinggu Subdues the Snake Demon.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Subjugation of Snake Demons: The Snake Cult and the Hagiography of Goddess Chen Jinggu -- Subjugation of Snake Demons in Chen Jinggu's Hagiographies -- History of the Relationship between the Goddess and Snake Sprites -- Snake Cults in Southern China -- Journey of a Goddess: Chen Jinggu Subdues the Snake Demon -- 1 Zhang Shikui 张世 and His Wife Meet with a Calamity -- 2 Fatong 法 Attacks the Temple and Is Captured -- 3 Jinggu Acquires the Rituals to Rescue Fatong -- 4 Jinggu Attacks the Temple and Rescues Fatong -- 5 White Snake's Failed Kidnapping of Wang Jixiang 王吉祥 -- 6 Fatong and His Sister Trap the White Snake -- 7 The White Snake and Haiqing Compete in Performing Transformations and Magic -- 8 The Princess Is Captured by a Demon Before Her Marriage -- 9 The White Snake Seeks Refuge with Guanyin -- Appendix I: Passing through Nanjiao, Pacifying the Demons, and Stabilizing Beijiao -- Dramatis personae (in order of appearance) -- Demons, Sprites, and Monsters -- Appendix II: Chen Jinggu Leads an Army to Pacify the Barbarians -- Dramatis personae (in order of appearance) -- Bibliography.

First English translations of a novel and two play excerpts based on tales of the goddess Chen Jinggu, an eighth-century shaman and present-day cult deity.

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