ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 65 (2)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 65 (2)

This volume contains 20 articles.

Introduction Knecht, Peter

The Fox in World Literature: Reflections on a “Fictional Animal” Uther, Hans-Jörg

Myths and Traditional Beliefs about the Wolf and the Crow in Central Asia: Examples from the Turkic Wu-Sun and the Mongols Namu jila

Preaching the Animal Realm in Late Medieval Japan Kimbrough, R. Keller

Symbolic Animals in the Land between the Waters: Markers of Place and Transition Wessing, Robert

Embodying Evil and Bad Luck: Stray Notes on the Folklore of Bats in Southwest Asia Frembgen, Jürgen Wasim

Culture and Knowledge of the Sacred Instrument *Qeej* in the Mong-American Community Thao, Yer J.

Ema Shū’s “The Mountain Folk”: Fictionalized Ethnography and Veiled Dissent Schnell, Scott

Narrative “Lore” and Legend from Saurashtra (India): Gems Waiting to be Polished Sircar, Sanjay

Review of: Margaret Read MacDonald, *Ten Traditional Tellers* Leete, Art

Review of: John Balcom and Yingtsih Balcom, ed. and trans., *Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays & Poems* Kaneko Erika

Review of: Thomas David DuBois, *The Sacred Village: Social Change and Religious Life in Rural North China* Penny, Benjamin

Review of: Vincent Goossaert, *L’interdit du bœuf en Chine. Agriculture, éthique et sacrifice* Capdeville-Zeng, Catherine

Review of: Richard Von Glahn, *The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture* McGee, Neil Edward

Review of: Lam Tuyen Tinh, translated and annotated by Honda Mamoru, *LangBiang no jiseki: Betonamu Chūbu shōsūminzoku no kodenshō* Phong, Nguyen Anh

Review of: Philipus Tule, *Longing for the House of God, Dwelling in the House of the Ancestors: Local Belief and Christianity, and Islam among the Kéo of Central Flores* Aoki Eriko

Review of: Gongboo Sayrung (author), Losang Sodnum and Tsepakgyap (illustrations), *Tibetan Childhood*; Guhruh (author) and Tsepakgyap (illustrations), *Jahzong: Tibetan Tribal Hero*; Puhua Dongzhi, *Tibetan Village Wedding* (DVD), *The Perfection of Wisdom* (DVD), *Tibetan Woman’s Life* (DVD) Roche, Gerald

Review of: Sagram Santosh Kumar Soren, comp. *Santalia: Catalogue of Santali Manuscripts in Oslo* Mathur, Nita

Review of: Giovanni Canova, ed. *Studies on Arab Epics: Oriente Moderno* Nasr, Ahmad A.

Review of: Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz, *Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates* Varisco, Daniel Martin