ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 40 (2)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 40 (2)

This volume contains 14 articles.

Public Aspirations in the New Year Couplets. Hsieh, Jiann and Ying-hsiung Chou

The Nine Imperial Gods in Singapore Heinze, Ruth-Inge

Kammu Gongs and Drums II. Lundström, Håkan and Damrong Tayanin

The Sacred Trees Around Goshonai / Japan. Egenter, Nold

The Raging Deity in Japanese Mythology. Kelsey, W. Michael

A Preliminary Examination of the *Omamori* Phenomenon. Swanger, Eugene R.

Supplementary Remarks. Takayama, K. Peter

Review of: *Asian Folklore*; Kenneth S. Goldstein and Neil V. Rosenberg, *Folklore Studies in Honour of Herbert Halpert, a Festschrift* Kelsey, W. Michael

Review of: Arthur Kleinman, Peter Kunstadter, E. Russell Alexander and James L. Gale, *Culture and Healing in Asian Societies, Anthropological, Psychiatric and Public Health Studies* Heinze, Ruth-Inge

Review of: K. P. Bahadur, *One Hundred Rural Song of India* Hino Shōun

Review of: Maria-Verena Blümmel, *Hofzeremonien im japanischen Mittelalter* Knecht, Peter

Review of: Youngsook Kim Harvey, *Six Korean Women: The Socialization of Shamans* Heinze, Ruth-Inge

Review of: Walther Heissig, *Mongolische Epen 8*; Nikolaus Poppe, *Mogolische Epen 9* Knecht, Peter

Review of: Edwin Bernbaum, *The way to shambhala: A Search for the Mythical Kingdom beyond the Himalayas*; Andras Höfer, *The Caste Hierarchy and the State in Nepal*; Vilma May A. Fuentes and Edito T. De La Cruz, *A Treasure of Mandaya and Mansaka Folk Literature* Heinze, Ruth-Inge