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The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature

The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature

Edward H. Schafer
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This important exploration of Chinese mythology focuses on the diverse and evocative associations between women and water in the literature of the T'ang dynasty as well as in the enormous classical canon it inherited. By extension, it peers from medieval China back into the mists of ancient days, when snake queens, river goddesses, and dragon ladies ruled over the vast seas, great river courses, and heavenly sources of water, deities who had to be placated by shaman intercessors chanting hymns lost even by the T'ang. As with his other notable works, Professor Schafer's meticulous researches into the material culture of the past, coupled with a delightful writing style, allow us to better appreciate the literature of the T'ang by clarifying important contemporaneous symbols of fertility, mutability, and power, including the wondrous and ubiquitous dragon.
Language
English
Pages
239
Format
Paperback
Publisher
North Point Press
Release
June 01, 1983
ISBN
086547009X
ISBN 13
9780865470095

The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature

Edward H. Schafer
3.9/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This important exploration of Chinese mythology focuses on the diverse and evocative associations between women and water in the literature of the T'ang dynasty as well as in the enormous classical canon it inherited. By extension, it peers from medieval China back into the mists of ancient days, when snake queens, river goddesses, and dragon ladies ruled over the vast seas, great river courses, and heavenly sources of water, deities who had to be placated by shaman intercessors chanting hymns lost even by the T'ang. As with his other notable works, Professor Schafer's meticulous researches into the material culture of the past, coupled with a delightful writing style, allow us to better appreciate the literature of the T'ang by clarifying important contemporaneous symbols of fertility, mutability, and power, including the wondrous and ubiquitous dragon.
Language
English
Pages
239
Format
Paperback
Publisher
North Point Press
Release
June 01, 1983
ISBN
086547009X
ISBN 13
9780865470095

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