ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 66

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 66

This volume contains 28 articles.

Editors' Introduction Chilson, Clark and Scott Schnell

Rice: Representations and Reality Knecht, Peter

Female Shamans in Eastern Japan during the Edo Period Groemer, Gerald

The True History of Shido Temple Tyler, Royall

The Making of *Tōjin*: Construction of the Other in Early Modern Japan Suzuki Keiko

*Onmyōji*: Sex, Pathos, and Grotesquery in Yumemakura Baku’s *Oni* Reider, Noriko T.

The Kwallye *Samga of Korea*: A Failed Attempt at Christian Accommodation to Confucian Culture Grayson, James Huntley

The Man-Hunting Tiger: From “Wu Song Fights the Tiger” in Chinese Traditions Børdahl, Vibeke

Notes on Blood Revenge among the Reindeer Evenki of Manchuria (Northeast China) Heyne, F. Georg

Village Deities of Tamil Nadu in Myths and Legends: The Narrated Experience Valk, Ülo and S. Lourdusamy

Ordinary Religion, Extraordinary Anthropology: The Contributions of Peter Knecht Saitō Chie

How Ancient Is Lore: Southeast Asia Speaks Up Metevelis, Peter

A Striking Tale of Weaving Taboos and Divine Retribution: A Reinterpretation of the Asauchiyama Myth in *Harima Fudoki* Palmer, Edwina

The Namuyi: Linguistic and Cultural Features Lakhi, Libu, Brook Hefright, and Kevin Stuart

Review of: *The Dall Sheep Dinner Guest: Iñupiaq Narratives of Northwest Alaska*. Compiled by Wanni W. Anderson Honda Shunwa [Stewart Henry]

Review of: Frank J. Korom, *Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora* McNeal, Keith E.

Review of: D. Max Moerman, *Localizing Paradise: Kumano Pilgrimage and the religious landscape of Premodern Japan* Kimbrough, R. Keller

Review of: Li Fuqing 李福清 Xiaohuan Zhao

Review of: Xiaohuan Zhao, *Classical Chinese Supernatural Fiction: A Morphological History* Altenburger, Roland

Review of: Barend J. Ter Haar, *Telling Stories: Witchcraft and Scapegoating in Chinese History* Lee, Peace

Review of: Kevin Stuart, Keith W. Slater, Wang Xianzhen et al., *Folktales of China’s Minhe Mangghuer* Dwyer, Arienne M.

Review of: *Les Contes facétieux du cadavre*, Translation by Françoise Robin with the collaboration of Klu Rgyal Tshe Ring Berglie, Per-Arne

Review of: Nhung Tuyet Tran and Anthony Reid, eds., *Việt nam: Borderless Histories* Miyazawa Chihiro

Review of: Jean DeBernardi, *The Way that lives in the Heart: Chinese Popular religion and Spirit Mediums in Penang, Malaysia* Tan Chee-Beng

Review of: Thomas L. Cooper, *Sacred Painting in Bali: Tradition in Transition* Haruya Kagami

Review of: Leela Prasad, Ruth B. Bottigheimer, and Lalita Handoo, eds., *Gender and Story in South India* Davis, Coralynn V.

Review of: Shusha Guppy, *The Secret of Laughter: Magical Tales from Classical Persia* Márkus-Takeshita, Kinga Ilona

Review of: *Vafsi Folk Tales: Twenty Four Tales in the Gurchani Dialect of Vafsi as narrated by Ghazanfar Mahmudi and Mashdi Mahdi and Collected by Lawrence P. Elwell-Sutton*. Transcription, translation, and annotation by Donald L. Stilo Márkus-Takeshita, Kinga Ilona