A Magnificent Empress, A Brilliant Old Man, and an Ugly Navigator: The Uncanny Bodies of Maritime Deities in Narratives of Empress Jingū

Although the legend of Empress Jingū and her divinely mandated conquest of the Korean peninsula first appeared in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki, narratives of Empress Jingū proliferated in the fourteenth century. Following the Mongol Invasions, shifts in worldview, particularly regarding Japan’s relati...

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Subtitles:Uncanny Bodies in Japanese Religions
Main Author: Simpson, Emily B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 99-126
Further subjects:B Kami
B Azumi no Isora
B shinkoku
B Empress Jingū
B Sumiyoshi
B uncanny
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