Asian Ethnology ::

Asian Folklore Studies 65 (2)

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