num_pages: 64
description: First published in 1955 by George Allen &amp; Unwin, Ltd. in the UK the book was re-published in the United States by City Lights Books in 1973.Arthur Waley translates each poem with a commentary on the various deities whom the shamans served, and in the introduction he gives a general account of shamanism in early China.
language: English
title: The Nine Songs: A Study of Shamanism in Ancient China
titlecomplete: The Nine Songs: A Study of Shamanism in Ancient China
genres: Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 19
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers