Reappropriating the Japanese Myths: Motoori Norinaga and the Creation Myths of the Kojiki and Nihon shoki
How are myths understood? This essay examines the centrality of Motoori Norinaga's interpretation of the Japanese myths for present-day understandings of these myths. It shows that Norinaga's theories and his preference for the Kojiki over the Nihon shoki in reflecting his theory of mono n...
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| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2000]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2000, Volume: 27, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 15-39 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Constituents B Deities B Mono no aware B Religious Studies B Shintoism B Nativism B Creation myths B Clans |
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