ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 55 (1)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 55 (1)

This volume contains 30 articles.

Tagore’s* Lokashahitya*: The Oral Tradition in Bengali Children’s Rhymes Sen, Suchismita

The Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods in Malaysia: Myth, Ritual, and Symbol Cheu Hock Tong

Legends by the Numbers: The Symbolism of Numbers in the *Secret History of the Mongols* Moses, Larry

“Suan the Guesser”: A Filipino Doctor Know-All (AT 1641) Retherford, Robert

Female Mountain Spirits in Korea: A Neglected Tradition Grayson, James Huntley

The Folklore of Geckos: Ethnographic Data from South and West Asia Frembgen, Jürgen Wasim

Review of: Ulrika Wolf- Knuts, *Nordic Yearbook of Folklore 1993; Nordic Yearbook of Folklore 1994* Dégh, Linda

Review of: Malcolm Quinn, *The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol* Mayer, David R.

Review of: Amino Yoshihiko 網野善彦, *Chūsei o kangaeru: Shokunin to geinō* 『中世を考える: 職人と芸能』 Kobayashi Kazushige

Review of: Scott Clark, *Japan: A View from the Bath* Bauerle, Thomas

Review of: Horst Siegfried Hennemann, Chasho: *Geist und Geschichte der Theorien japanischer Teekunst* Ehmcke, Franziska

Review of: Izumi Ken 和泉健, *Onkai to Nihonjin: Wakayama-ken no warabe uta kenkyū* 『音階と日本人―和歌山県のわらべうた研究』 Groemer, Gerald

Review of: Nelly Naumann, *Die einheimische Religion Japans: Synkretistische Lehren und religiöse Entwicklungen von der Kamakura―bis zum Beginn der Edo-Zeit* Bragt, Jan Van

Review of: Jörg Bäcker, *Märchen aus der Mandschurei* Lindell, Kristina

Review of: Terry F. Kleeman, *A God's Own Tale: The Book of Transformations of Wenchang, the Divine Lord of Zitong* Wädow, Gerd

Review of: Liu Chih-Wan 劉枝萬, *Taiwan no dōkyō to minkan shinkō* 『台湾の道教と民間信仰』 Igarashi Masako

Review of: Nguyen Dinh Tham, *Studies on Vietnamese Language and Literature: A Preliminary Bibliography* Marr, David G.

Review of: Damrong Tayanin, *Being Kammu: My Village, My Life* Mischung, Roland

Review of: Clemens Wein, *Berinareu: The Religious Epic of the Tirurais* Obata Sō

Review of: Alice M. Terada, *The Magic Crocodile and Other Folktales from Indonesia* Wessing, Robert

Review of: Hans Fischer,* Geister und Menschen: Mythen, Märchen und neue Geschichten* Gesch, Patrick F.

Review of: Walther Heissig, *Oralität und Schriftlichkeit mongolischer Spielmannsdichtung* Knecht, Peter

Review of: Walther Heissig, *Heldenmärchen versus Heldenepos? Strukturelle Fragen zur Entwicklung altaischer Heldenmärchen* Knecht, Peter

Review of: Amelie Schenk, *Schamanen auf dem Dach der Welt: Trance, Heilung und Initiation in Kleintibet* Gaenszle, Martin

Review of: Ruth S. Freed and Stanley A. Freed, *Ghosts: Life and Death in North India* Sugimoto Yoshio

Review of: Natalia Lidova, *Drama and Ritual in Early Hinduism* Fitzgerald, Tim

Review of: Hasan El-Shamy, *Folk Traditions of the Arab World: A Guide to Motif Classification* Jason, Heda

Review of: David Pinault, *Story-Telling Techniques in the Arabian Nights* El-Shamy, Hasan

Review of: Daniel Martin Varisco, *Medieval Agriculture and Islamic Science: The Almanac of a Yemeni Sultan* Hurreiz, Sayyid H.

Review of: Zhuang Kongshao, *The Dragon Boat Festival* Hasegawa Kiyoshi