Onarigami: Holy Women in the Twentieth Century
This paper intends to show how the belief in onarigami, that is, the spiritual power of women, which gave the Okinawan women an important social and political role in the dual rule characteristic of the kingdom of Ryūkyū, is still relevant today for the rebuilding of Okinawan women's identity....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2003]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 339-359 |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Brothers B Deities B Religious Studies B Gender Roles B Religious rituals B Villages B Priestesses B Clans B Rice |
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