Japanese mythology
Subtitle: hermeneutics on Scripture
By: Junʼichi Isomae ; translated by Mukund Subramanian.
Series: Religion in culture: studies in social contest and construction
Publisher: Equinox Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845531829; 9781845531836
Subjects: Mythology, Japanese
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: National history, shint, and myth : general remarks on the history of the interpretation of the Kiki; title: The canon and variants : an examination of the mythology of Sysanowo; title: Myth in metamorphosis : ancient and medieval versions of the Yamatotakeru legend; title: Myth and rationality : understanding God in the early-modern and modern period; title: Myth and nationalism : Motoori Norinaga's creation myths; title: The space of historical discourse : Ishimoda Shii's theory of the heroic age.