Handbook of Chinese Mythology
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Handbook of Chinese Mythology

Lihui Yang, Deming An, Jessica Anderson Turner

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Handbook of Chinese Mythology

Lihui Yang, Deming An, Jessica Anderson Turner

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An informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths, including a useful collection of historical documents, detailing myths as they live and change in China today. Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on revelatory new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full ethnic spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places (Kunlun Mountain), mythical animals and plants (the crow with three feet; Fusang tree), and appurtenances (Xirang—a kind of mythical soil; Bu Si Yao—mythical medicine for long life). No other work captures so well what Chinese mythology means to the people who lived and continue to live their lives by it.

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Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2005
ISBN
9781576078075
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Folklore & Mythology
Index
Social Sciences

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