Rarely smiles unless she sees some cruel deed done. "She finally becomes the queen, still heartless and cruel. In China, calling herself Pao-ssu, she joins the harem of Yu, a "Later she flees to China when her true colors are disclosed.
She takes pleasure in seeing a thousand innocent people killed. His consort named Hua-yang, is, in reality, a "There is a king called Pan-Tsu in the remote western region The folcan be seen in the Japanese tale of Tamamo-no-Mae. Some of these difficulties due to the long literary tradition Jordan for reading and making critical comments onĭown by scholars, only later to again pass into folklore from I would like to thank Professor EberhardĪnd Professor David K. An earlier version of this paper was presented at a seminar in East Asianįolklore led by Wolfram Eberhard. Many tales are taken from folklore and writtenġ. There has beenĪ great deal of cross-fertilization between literary and folkloristic traditions. One of the major problems of folklore scholarship in EastĪsia is the long history of literacy in the area. Origin for Japanese tales is very possible. Willing to give a Chinese origin for Ainu tales, while an Ainu Not only are there Japanese roles for foxes whichĭo not have Chinese analogues, but there are also Ainu tales On further investigation, this does not seem Further study mightīring to light some interesting items for a distribution study.Ĭasal (1959) suggests China as the source for all of the (1944) to be related to the Chinese tales. Has been discovered from Manchuria (Krappe: 1944) and oneīuryat tale from Eastern Siberia is considered by Krappe
Tales is concentrated in the north (Eberhard: 1948). With the evidence available and Chinese distribution of fox Throughout Japan Korean distribution is difficult to determine Western languages, but what little there is suggests that theįox plays a significant role there also. Material from Korea is difficult to find in It plays several roles in the folklore of bothĬhina and Japan. The fox plays an exceedingly important role in the folklore This content downloaded from 138.253.100.121 on Sat, 01:39:21 UTCĪll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship.įor more information about JSTOR, please contact University is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Asian Folklore Studies. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at
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