Asian Folklore Studies 2001: Vol 60 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS
ASIAN FOLKLORE STUDIES
Volume LX, 2001
Editorial Peter KNECHT 1
ARTICLES
A Proverb Poem by Refiki .............scssseeseeeeeeeed A. L. MACFIE and F. MACFIE 5
Myths of the Czech Gypsies ............0000 Nina PAVELCIK and Jirf PAVELCIK 21
The Names and Identities of the Boramey Spirits Possessing
ae GE oie iniclncetetistarcinidacibateienictiaae Didier BERTRAND 31
Chindonya Today: Japanese Street Performers in Commercial
Advertising Ingrid FRITSCH 49
The Emergence of Kaidan-sha: The Collection of Tales of the Strange
and Mysterious in the Edo Period ...........csceseceeeeees Noriko T. REIDER 79
A Description of Jiangjing (Telling Scriptures) Services in Jingjiang,
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FOLKLORE OF THE IRANIAN REGION
Introduction John R. PERry 191
From Iranian Myth to Folk Narrative: The Legend of the
Dragon-Slayer and the Spinning Maiden in the Persian Book
of the Kings Kinga Ilona MARKUS-TAKESHITA
Persian Popular Literature in the Qajar Period Ulrich MARZOLPH 2
The Gender of the Trick: Female Tricksters and Male
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Rostam’s Seven Trials and the Logic of Epic Narrative in the
Stain .0.....0ccecescessssssnsssssseveresssedsecessesGsaoccuenedso OMIDSALAR 255
Traces of Ancient Iranian Culture in Boysun District,
Uzbekistan RavSan RAHMONI 295
The Persianization of Kéroglu: Banditry and Royalty in Three
Versions of the Kéroglu Destan Judith M. WILKs 305
Healing Practices among the Yezidi Sheikhs of Armenia
Victoria ARAKELOVA 319
Pcanartene’ Tce iat TURIN asi cass sess scctenicseionsccatici Almuth DEGENER 329
CONTENTS
OBITUARY
In Memoriam: Nelly Naumann
Maria-Verena BLUMMEL and Klaus ANTONI 135
COMMUNICATIONS
DAME SORCOEAT RNESEN ES ceo co cg he oo Ec eS cet 147, 345
I seciccinispnai onesie saul ce id apetiaa bea canted alao nal eidaiaen 147, 346
BOOK REVIEWS
GENERAL
International Folkloristics: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore.
Edited by Alan Dundes. (Hien Thi Nguyen)
Homer’s TraditionaArlt . By John Miles Foley. (Sabine Wienker-Piepho)
Narrative Performances: A Study of Modern Greek Storytelling. By Alexandra
Georgakopoulou. (Walter Puchner)
Vladimir Propp and the Universal Folktale: Recommuissioning an Old Paradigm—Story as
Initiation. By Peter Gilet. (Hasan El-Shamy)
“Children and Proverbs Speak the Truth”: Teaching Proverbial Wisdom to Fourth Graders.
Wolfgang Mieder and Deborah Holmes. (David R. Mayer)
Fools are Everywhere: The Court Jester Around the World. By Beatrice K. Otto.
(David R. Mayer)
JAPAN
The Spirit of Tsugaru: Blind Musicians, Tsugaru-jamisen, and the Folk Music of Northern
Japan. By Gerald Groemer. (Patrick Halliwell)
The Postwar Developments of Japanese Studies in the United States. Edited by Helen
Hardacre. (Clark Chilson)
Gastar, Generaler och Gackande Gudinnor. Resande teatersillskap, religiésa festivaler och
populdra néjen 1 dagens Japan och Kina. By Christina Nygren. (Magnus Fiskesj6)
Onarigami. Die heilige Frau in Okinawa. By Monika Wacker. (Josef Kreiner)
Ainu: Spirit of aN orthern People. Edited by William W. Fitzhugh and Chisato O. Dubreuil.
(Katarina Sjéberg) 354
Sources of Ryiikyiian History and Culture in European Collections. Edited by Josef
Kreiner. (Monika Wacker)
CHINA
China’s Living Houses: Folk Beliefs, Symbols, and Household Ornamentation.
3y Ronald G. Knapp. (Yaiz6 Kawasaki)
Lunan Yizu mizhite yishige yiliao, Lunan Yiwen gui congshu and Yizu Sant jisict yiliao,
Shilin Yiwen gudian congshu. (Mark Bender)
Mandschurische Géttinnen und tranische Teufel. Die Mandschu-Weltentstehungsmythen als
Kultursynthesen. By Jorg Backer. (F. Georg Heyne)
Kochuan shishi xue: Ranpile “Jiangge’er” chengshi jufa yanjiu. By Chao Gejin.
(Mark Bender)
China’s Old Dwellings. By Ronald G. Knapp. (Ping Xu)
Le jeu dans la Chine contemporaine: Mah-jong, jeu de go et autres loisirs.
CONTENTS
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Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature. By Meir Shahar. (Michael Kardos)........
Miaozu guge yu Miaozu lishi wenhua yanjiu. By Wu Yiwen and Tan Dongping.
(Mark Bender)
SIBERIA
Sjuzhety olongkho o zashchitnikah plement. By Nikolaj V. Emeljanov. (Heda Jason with
yi Gas PaNNO MN O chi hea Css dip vases cas sabes asda a ee 172
Spirit of Siberia: Traditional Life, Clothing, and Footwear. By Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe.
LEY Ean OD erence Ln ee herein Wenn s tas Read te eect a
PHILIPPINES
La quéte en épouse. Mémiminbin, une épopée palawan chantée par Masinu. By Nicole
Revel and Masinu Intariy. (Heda Jason)
THAILAND
Oldest Brother's Story: Tales of the Pwo Karen. By Elizabeth Hinton. (Hayami Yéko)
That Folklore: Insights into Thai Culture. By Siraporn T. Nathalang.
(Wanni W. Anderson)
MYANMAR
The Folk-tales of Burma: An Introduction. By Gerry Abbot and Min Thant Han.
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AUSTRONESIA
Origins, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian Ethnography. Edited by James J.
Fox and Clifford Sather. (Uchibori Motomitsu)
NEPAL
Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts. By Gregory G. Maskarinec. (Michael Oppitz)
INDIA
Ethnomedical Lore of the Paharias: Applied Ethnomedicine of the Paharias of Santhal
Parganas-Bihar. By Earaplackal Varghese and Peter Paul Hembrom.
(SEE CAI OMIA oso aecnc cn hdoecaccicadcansscnesceecessesieess
Kavya in South India: Old Tamil Cankam Poetry. By Herman Tieken. (Gabriella
Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi)
AFGHANISTAN
Lebensbaum und Kalaschnikow. Krieg und Frieden im Spiegel afghanischer Bildteppiche.
By: Jdrgen Wasim Premibgeny. (fae Belang) oo. scecenccssincscndaccvscecesosaaasansesaqeeosese ;
MIDDLE EAST
The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning. By Eli Yassif. (Gabriela Kilidnova)
INDEX
Cumulative Index: Volumes 51—60 (1992-2001)

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