Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
Narrating Gender Reality in Japanese Folktale Tradition
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Fumihiko Kobayashi
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- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2015. 212 pp.
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Gendered Misconstructions of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Japanese Animal-Wife Tales and Melusine Tales
- 3: Demystifying Folktale Mystique behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales versus Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Problems with the Performative Aspects of Storytelling–Gesticulations, Vocal Pitches, and Reactions: How to Gain Access to Folktales
- 6: The Prophylactic Censorship of Folktales
- 7: Removing Narrative Embellishments
- 8: A Structure of the Following Chapters
- 1: Spotlighting a Haunting Mystique in Studying Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Yūzuru’s Dominance over Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: Animal-and-Human Marriage Lore in Three Folk Narrative Genres: Myths, Legends, and Folktales
- 4: The Japanese Animal-Husband Tale-Type Group
- 5: A Difference between Japanese Animal-Husband and Animal-Wife Tales
- 6: Everybody Knows of an Animal Woman, but Nobody Knows about Her Personality
- 7: An Animal Woman as a Mystical Benevolent Woman
- 8: An Animal Woman as a Mystical yet Oppressed Woman
- 9: An Animal Woman as a Mystical “Great Mother”
- 10: An Observation on an Animal Woman as a Mystical Benefactress
- 11: Some Singular Aspects of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales Compared with Those of Melusine Tales
- 1: Identify Forms of Gender-Specific Behaviors
- 2: Is an Animal Woman a Benefactress or Not?
- 3: Some Specific Features of Folktales
- 4: The Characteristics that Make Folktales Unique
- 5: “Memorabilia for Myths and Legends” versus “Attractiveness for Folktales”
- 6: An Attempt to Understand Descriptive Manner
- 7: An Examination of the Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 8: An Examination of the Japanese Crane-Wife Tale-Type (IT 229)
- 9-A: Fox-Wife Tales – The Separation Tale-Type (IT 225A)
- 9-B: Fox-Wife Tales – The Special-Ears Tale-Type (IT 225B)
- 9-C: Fox-Wife Tales – The Rice-Planting Tale-Type (IT 225C)
- 10: A Review of Examinations of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 1: The Sociocultural and Historical Contexts behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2-A: The Episodic Structure of Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 2-B: The Episodic Structure of Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales
- 2-C: The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- 3: The Opening Episode in Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Gender-Specific Behaviors in the Opening Episode
- 5: The Gender-Specific Behaviors of Goddess Izanami and Princess Toyotama
- 6: “Matriarchal” versus “Patriarchal” Marriage Customs behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: A Challenge to the Patriarchal Domestic Gender Hierarchy
- 8: Animal Women’s Assertive Behaviors as Described in Old Japanese Narratives
- 1: The Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: The Opening Episode of Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: The Forbidden Chamber Stories and Japanese Animal-Wife Tales: Similarities and Differences
- 4: Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 5: The Principle “Gentlemen First and Ladies Second”
- 6: Approaching the Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: Conclusion: Demystifying Gender Reality behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- IT 218: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 219: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 224: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 225A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type –The Separation Type
- IT 225B: The Fox Wife Tale-Type – The Special Ears Type
- IT 225C: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type – The Rice-Planting Type
- IT 226: The Bear-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 227: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 228: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 229 A: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Separation Type
- IT 229 B: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Solving-Riddle Type
- JT 110: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 111: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 112: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 A: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 B: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 115: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 B: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 117: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- Chinese Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (Eberhard Chinese Tale-Type 35)
- Appendix IV: Olrik’s Epic Laws of Folk Narrative: The Opening and the Closing Laws
- Appendix V: Feminism and Storytellers
- Appendix VI: Marriage Customs in Ancient and Premodern Japan
- Introduction
- 1: What Is the Household Bossism Motif About?
- 2: The Household Power Game in Bluebeard Story and Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 3: The Household Bossism Motif and Perrault’s Bluebeard Story
- 4: The Household Bossism Motif in the Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Conclusion
- 1: Anthologies
- 2: Critical Studies
- 3: Anthologies in Japanese
- 4: Works in Japanese
- Index
- Series Index
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Gendered Misconstructions of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Japanese Animal-Wife Tales and Melusine Tales
- 3: Demystifying Folktale Mystique behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales versus Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Problems with the Performative Aspects of Storytelling–Gesticulations, Vocal Pitches, and Reactions: How to Gain Access to Folktales
- 6: The Prophylactic Censorship of Folktales
- 7: Removing Narrative Embellishments
- 8: A Structure of the Following Chapters
- 1: Spotlighting a Haunting Mystique in Studying Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Yūzuru’s Dominance over Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: Animal-and-Human Marriage Lore in Three Folk Narrative Genres: Myths, Legends, and Folktales
- 4: The Japanese Animal-Husband Tale-Type Group
- 5: A Difference between Japanese Animal-Husband and Animal-Wife Tales
- 6: Everybody Knows of an Animal Woman, but Nobody Knows about Her Personality
- 7: An Animal Woman as a Mystical Benevolent Woman
- 8: An Animal Woman as a Mystical yet Oppressed Woman
- 9: An Animal Woman as a Mystical “Great Mother”
- 10: An Observation on an Animal Woman as a Mystical Benefactress
- 11: Some Singular Aspects of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales Compared with Those of Melusine Tales
- 1: Identify Forms of Gender-Specific Behaviors
- 2: Is an Animal Woman a Benefactress or Not?
- 3: Some Specific Features of Folktales
- 4: The Characteristics that Make Folktales Unique
- 5: “Memorabilia for Myths and Legends” versus “Attractiveness for Folktales”
- 6: An Attempt to Understand Descriptive Manner
- 7: An Examination of the Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 8: An Examination of the Japanese Crane-Wife Tale-Type (IT 229)
- 9-A: Fox-Wife Tales – The Separation Tale-Type (IT 225A)
- 9-B: Fox-Wife Tales – The Special-Ears Tale-Type (IT 225B)
- 9-C: Fox-Wife Tales – The Rice-Planting Tale-Type (IT 225C)
- 10: A Review of Examinations of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 1: The Sociocultural and Historical Contexts behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2-A: The Episodic Structure of Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 2-B: The Episodic Structure of Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales
- 2-C: The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- 3: The Opening Episode in Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Gender-Specific Behaviors in the Opening Episode
- 5: The Gender-Specific Behaviors of Goddess Izanami and Princess Toyotama
- 6: “Matriarchal” versus “Patriarchal” Marriage Customs behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: A Challenge to the Patriarchal Domestic Gender Hierarchy
- 8: Animal Women’s Assertive Behaviors as Described in Old Japanese Narratives
- 1: The Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: The Opening Episode of Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: The Forbidden Chamber Stories and Japanese Animal-Wife Tales: Similarities and Differences
- 4: Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 5: The Principle “Gentlemen First and Ladies Second”
- 6: Approaching the Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: Conclusion: Demystifying Gender Reality behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- IT 218: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 219: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 224: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 225A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type –The Separation Type
- IT 225B: The Fox Wife Tale-Type – The Special Ears Type
- IT 225C: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type – The Rice-Planting Type
- IT 226: The Bear-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 227: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 228: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 229 A: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Separation Type
- IT 229 B: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Solving-Riddle Type
- JT 110: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 111: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 112: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 A: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 B: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 115: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 B: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 117: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- Chinese Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (Eberhard Chinese Tale-Type 35)
- Appendix IV: Olrik’s Epic Laws of Folk Narrative: The Opening and the Closing Laws
- Appendix V: Feminism and Storytellers
- Appendix VI: Marriage Customs in Ancient and Premodern Japan
- Introduction
- 1: What Is the Household Bossism Motif About?
- 2: The Household Power Game in Bluebeard Story and Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 3: The Household Bossism Motif and Perrault’s Bluebeard Story
- 4: The Household Bossism Motif in the Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Conclusion
- 1: Anthologies
- 2: Critical Studies
- 3: Anthologies in Japanese
- 4: Works in Japanese
- Index
- Series Index
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- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Gendered Misconstructions of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Japanese Animal-Wife Tales and Melusine Tales
- 3: Demystifying Folktale Mystique behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales versus Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Problems with the Performative Aspects of Storytelling–Gesticulations, Vocal Pitches, and Reactions: How to Gain Access to Folktales
- 6: The Prophylactic Censorship of Folktales
- 7: Removing Narrative Embellishments
- 8: A Structure of the Following Chapters
- 1: Spotlighting a Haunting Mystique in Studying Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Yūzuru’s Dominance over Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: Animal-and-Human Marriage Lore in Three Folk Narrative Genres: Myths, Legends, and Folktales
- 4: The Japanese Animal-Husband Tale-Type Group
- 5: A Difference between Japanese Animal-Husband and Animal-Wife Tales
- 6: Everybody Knows of an Animal Woman, but Nobody Knows about Her Personality
- 7: An Animal Woman as a Mystical Benevolent Woman
- 8: An Animal Woman as a Mystical yet Oppressed Woman
- 9: An Animal Woman as a Mystical “Great Mother”
- 10: An Observation on an Animal Woman as a Mystical Benefactress
- 11: Some Singular Aspects of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales Compared with Those of Melusine Tales
- 1: Identify Forms of Gender-Specific Behaviors
- 2: Is an Animal Woman a Benefactress or Not?
- 3: Some Specific Features of Folktales
- 4: The Characteristics that Make Folktales Unique
- 5: “Memorabilia for Myths and Legends” versus “Attractiveness for Folktales”
- 6: An Attempt to Understand Descriptive Manner
- 7: An Examination of the Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 8: An Examination of the Japanese Crane-Wife Tale-Type (IT 229)
- 9-A: Fox-Wife Tales – The Separation Tale-Type (IT 225A)
- 9-B: Fox-Wife Tales – The Special-Ears Tale-Type (IT 225B)
- 9-C: Fox-Wife Tales – The Rice-Planting Tale-Type (IT 225C)
- 10: A Review of Examinations of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 1: The Sociocultural and Historical Contexts behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2-A: The Episodic Structure of Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 2-B: The Episodic Structure of Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales
- 2-C: The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- 3: The Opening Episode in Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Gender-Specific Behaviors in the Opening Episode
- 5: The Gender-Specific Behaviors of Goddess Izanami and Princess Toyotama
- 6: “Matriarchal” versus “Patriarchal” Marriage Customs behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: A Challenge to the Patriarchal Domestic Gender Hierarchy
- 8: Animal Women’s Assertive Behaviors as Described in Old Japanese Narratives
- 1: The Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: The Opening Episode of Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: The Forbidden Chamber Stories and Japanese Animal-Wife Tales: Similarities and Differences
- 4: Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 5: The Principle “Gentlemen First and Ladies Second”
- 6: Approaching the Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: Conclusion: Demystifying Gender Reality behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- IT 218: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 219: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 224: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 225A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type –The Separation Type
- IT 225B: The Fox Wife Tale-Type – The Special Ears Type
- IT 225C: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type – The Rice-Planting Type
- IT 226: The Bear-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 227: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 228: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 229 A: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Separation Type
- IT 229 B: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Solving-Riddle Type
- JT 110: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 111: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 112: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 A: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 B: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 115: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 B: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 117: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- Chinese Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (Eberhard Chinese Tale-Type 35)
- Appendix IV: Olrik’s Epic Laws of Folk Narrative: The Opening and the Closing Laws
- Appendix V: Feminism and Storytellers
- Appendix VI: Marriage Customs in Ancient and Premodern Japan
- Introduction
- 1: What Is the Household Bossism Motif About?
- 2: The Household Power Game in Bluebeard Story and Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 3: The Household Bossism Motif and Perrault’s Bluebeard Story
- 4: The Household Bossism Motif in the Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Conclusion
- 1: Anthologies
- 2: Critical Studies
- 3: Anthologies in Japanese
- 4: Works in Japanese
- Index
- Series Index
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Gendered Misconstructions of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Japanese Animal-Wife Tales and Melusine Tales
- 3: Demystifying Folktale Mystique behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales versus Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Problems with the Performative Aspects of Storytelling–Gesticulations, Vocal Pitches, and Reactions: How to Gain Access to Folktales
- 6: The Prophylactic Censorship of Folktales
- 7: Removing Narrative Embellishments
- 8: A Structure of the Following Chapters
- 1: Spotlighting a Haunting Mystique in Studying Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: Yūzuru’s Dominance over Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: Animal-and-Human Marriage Lore in Three Folk Narrative Genres: Myths, Legends, and Folktales
- 4: The Japanese Animal-Husband Tale-Type Group
- 5: A Difference between Japanese Animal-Husband and Animal-Wife Tales
- 6: Everybody Knows of an Animal Woman, but Nobody Knows about Her Personality
- 7: An Animal Woman as a Mystical Benevolent Woman
- 8: An Animal Woman as a Mystical yet Oppressed Woman
- 9: An Animal Woman as a Mystical “Great Mother”
- 10: An Observation on an Animal Woman as a Mystical Benefactress
- 11: Some Singular Aspects of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales Compared with Those of Melusine Tales
- 1: Identify Forms of Gender-Specific Behaviors
- 2: Is an Animal Woman a Benefactress or Not?
- 3: Some Specific Features of Folktales
- 4: The Characteristics that Make Folktales Unique
- 5: “Memorabilia for Myths and Legends” versus “Attractiveness for Folktales”
- 6: An Attempt to Understand Descriptive Manner
- 7: An Examination of the Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 8: An Examination of the Japanese Crane-Wife Tale-Type (IT 229)
- 9-A: Fox-Wife Tales – The Separation Tale-Type (IT 225A)
- 9-B: Fox-Wife Tales – The Special-Ears Tale-Type (IT 225B)
- 9-C: Fox-Wife Tales – The Rice-Planting Tale-Type (IT 225C)
- 10: A Review of Examinations of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 1: The Sociocultural and Historical Contexts behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2-A: The Episodic Structure of Japanese Frog-Wife Tale-Type (IT 228)
- 2-B: The Episodic Structure of Scottish Selkie-Wife Tales
- 2-C: The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- 3: The Opening Episode in Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 4: Gender-Specific Behaviors in the Opening Episode
- 5: The Gender-Specific Behaviors of Goddess Izanami and Princess Toyotama
- 6: “Matriarchal” versus “Patriarchal” Marriage Customs behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: A Challenge to the Patriarchal Domestic Gender Hierarchy
- 8: Animal Women’s Assertive Behaviors as Described in Old Japanese Narratives
- 1: The Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 2: The Opening Episode of Animal-Wife Tales
- 3: The Forbidden Chamber Stories and Japanese Animal-Wife Tales: Similarities and Differences
- 4: Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 5: The Principle “Gentlemen First and Ladies Second”
- 6: Approaching the Main Theme of Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- 7: Conclusion: Demystifying Gender Reality behind Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
- IT 218: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 219: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 224: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 225A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type –The Separation Type
- IT 225B: The Fox Wife Tale-Type – The Special Ears Type
- IT 225C: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type – The Rice-Planting Type
- IT 226: The Bear-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 227: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 228: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- IT 229 A: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Separation Type
- IT 229 B: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type – The Solving-Riddle Type
- JT 110: The Snake-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 111: The Frog-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 112: The Clam-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 A: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 113 B: The Fish-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 115: The Crane-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 A: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 116 B: The Fox-Wife Tale-Type
- JT 117: The Cat-Wife Tale-Type
- The Episodic Structure of the Korean Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (KT 206)
- Chinese Pond-Snail Wife Tale-Type (Eberhard Chinese Tale-Type 35)
- Appendix IV: Olrik’s Epic Laws of Folk Narrative: The Opening and the Closing Laws
- Appendix V: Feminism and Storytellers
- Appendix VI: Marriage Customs in Ancient and Premodern Japan
- Introduction
- 1: What Is the Household Bossism Motif About?
- 2: The Household Power Game in Bluebeard Story and Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 3: The Household Bossism Motif and Perrault’s Bluebeard Story
- 4: The Household Bossism Motif in the Japanese Frog-Wife Tales
- 5: Conclusion
- 1: Anthologies
- 2: Critical Studies
- 3: Anthologies in Japanese
- 4: Works in Japanese
- Index
- Series Index