HEDGEHOG SPIRITS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE AND TODAY
HEDGEHOG SPIRITS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE AND TODAY
Author(s): Olga MazoSubject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Middle Ages, Modern Age, Theory of Literature
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts
Keywords: Traditional Chinese culture; Hou Han Shu;
Summary/Abstract: Chinese culture is rich in different animal- and plant-spirits or demons that can turn into human beings and communicate or interact with them. Animal spirits can transform into people of different ages, men and women. They can seduce, harm or even kill a person. The person also can kill them and, in some cases, be the cause of illness or death. Such stories were very popular; for example, the tales of Gan Bao, Ge Hong, Pu Songling, Yuan Mei, etc. The most famous spirit is a fox and the story about the fox turned into a man can be found even in the historical documents, e.g. in Hou Han Shu, the Book of the Later Han (87.2).
Journal: Religiski-filozofiski raksti
- Issue Year: XXVI/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 93-108
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English