ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 41 (2)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 41 (2)

This volume contains 15 articles.

Death and Transformation: The Presentation of Death in East and Southeast Asia. Antoni, Klaus

Viewing the Hana Matsuri at Shimoawashiro, Aichi Prefecture. Grim, John A. and Mary Evelyn Grim

Japanese Folk Humor. Mayer, Fanny Hagin

The Muslim Farmers of Bangladesh and Allah’s Creation of the World. Thorp, John P.

The Folk Festival of *Jhoñjhī-Tesū* Tewari, Laxmi G.

Obituary: Richard M. Dorson (1916-1981). Roberts, Warren E. et al.

Sītā’s Birth and Parentage in the Rāma Story. Singaravelu, S.

Review of: Venetia Newall, International Folklore Review. Kelsey, W. Michael

Review of: Iwai Hiromi 岩井宏美, *Shinsen kami to hito to no kyōen* 『神饌神と人との饗宴』 Knecht, Peter

Review of: Dieter Eikemeier, *Documents from Changjwa-ri: A Further Approach to the Analysis of Korean Villages* Janelli, Roger L.

Review of: Lee Jung Young, *Korean Shamanistic Rituals* Ch’oe Kil-Sŏng

Review of: Sven Broman, *Chinese Shadow Theatre* Chu, Cordia

Review of: J. Kasem Sibunruang, *Thai Folk-tales*; J. Kasem Sibunruang, *Wessandorn the Charitable Prince* Kelsey, W. Michael

Review of: Sevyan I. Vainshtein, *Nomads of South Siberia: The Pastoral Economies of Tuva* Grim, John A.

Review of: Günter Unbescheid, *Kānphatā: Untersuchungen zu Kult, Mythologie und Geschichte śivaitischer Tantriker in Nepal* Knecht, Peter