Japanese tales of fantasy and folklore

ninety stories about ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings from the Konjaku monogatari

Also known as 90 stories about ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings from the Konjaku monogatari; Konjaku monogatari; Ninety stories about ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings from the Konjaku monogatari

by Naoshi Kōriyama, Bruce Allen & Karen Laura Thornber

First published:
21st century
Languages: English, Japanese
Content type: Fiction

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Description

Description from K10plus Union Catalog

"The 'Konjaku monogatari shu' is a collection of tales from Buddhist and popular folklore that was compiled in the eleventh century. The ninety stories in this book are the largest collection of tales from the 'Konjaku monogatari shu' ever published and feature fearsome oni demons, tengu goblins, kitsune fox spirits, flying hermits, and gods who suddenly appear out of nowhere to rescue foolish humans. There are tales of robbers, bandits, vengeful animals and murderers, as well as ordinary people from all walks of life--to appeal to all readers, particularly those who love a good Japanese yokai story!"--

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, and Occultism and esotericism.

Occultism and esotericism
Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the subtitle, “supernatural” in the alternative title, and “supernatural” in the edition subtitle.
- “supernatural”· in subtitle
- “supernatural”· in alternative title
- “supernatural”· in edition subtitle
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Retained metadata contains “demons” in the subtitle, “demons” in the alternative title, “demons” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “demons”· in subtitle
- “demons”· in alternative title
- “demons”· in description
- “Demonology”· in subject
- “demons”· in edition subtitle
Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
Controlled discovery queries from k10plus matched “Gespenst”. Retained metadata contains “Ghosts” in the subtitle, “Ghosts” in the alternative title, “ghost” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
- “Gespenst”· via K10plus Union Catalog
- “Ghosts”· in subtitle
- “Ghosts”· in alternative title
- “ghost”· in subject
- “Ghosts”· in edition subtitle
Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the title, “Tales” in the title, “Folklore” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).
- “Folklore”· in title
- “Tales”· in title
- “Folklore”· in description
- “Tales”· in description
- “Folk literature”· in subject
- “Folklore”· in subject
Ancient religions, animism, and ritual
Retained metadata contains “Gods” in the description.
- “Gods”· in description

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
ninety stories about ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings from the Konjaku monogatari First edition 22 cm; 288 Seiten; Parts of this book may have been previously published as "Japanese tales from times past : stories of fantasy and folklore from the Konjaku monogatari shu" (Tuttle Publishing, ©2015)	[2024]	Tuttle Publishing	English, Japanese	9784805318645 4805318643	Catalog record	K10plus Union Catalog (opens in a new tab)