Asian Folklore Studies

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Articles in October 2006 issue of Asian Folklore Studies

• Gongboo Sayrung (author); Losang Sodnum and Tsepakgyap (illustrations). Tibetan Childhood.(Jahzong: Tibetan Tribal Hero)(Tibetan Village Wedding)(The Perfection of Wisdom)(Tibetan Woman's Life)(Book review)(Video recording review)
  by Roche, Gerald
• Canova, Giovanni, Editor. Studies on Arabic Epics: Oriente Moderno.(Book review)
  by Nasr, Ahmad A.
• Narrative "Lore" and Legend from Saurashtra (India): gems waiting to be polished.(Oral Traditions of Saurashtra)(Book review)
  by Sircar, Sanjay
• Soren, Sagram Santosh Kumar, Compiler. Santalia: Catalogue of Santali Manuscripts in Oslo.(Book review)
  by Mathur, Nita
• Ema Shu's "The Mountain Folk": fictionalized ethnography and veiled dissent.(Critical essay)
  by Schnell, Scott
• Tule, Philipus. Longing for the House of God, Dwelling in the House of the Ancestors: Local Belief and Christianity, and Islam among the Keo of Central Flores.(Book review)
  by Aoki, Eriko
• Culture and knowledge of the sacred instrument Qeej in the Mong-American community.
  by Thao, Yer J.
• Lam Tuyen Tinh, translated and annotated by Honda Mamoru. LangBiang no jiseki: Betonamu Chubu shosuminzoku no kodensho [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII].(Legends from the LangBiang Highlands: Folklores of minority groups in Central Vietnam)(Book review)
  by Phong, Nguen Anh
• Embodying evil and bad luck: stray notes on the folklore of bats in southwest Asia.
  by Frembgen, Jurgen Wasim
• Von Glahn, Richard. The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture.(Book review)
  by McGee, Neil Edward
• Symbolic animals in the land between the waters: markers of place and transition.
  by Wessing, Robert
• Goossaert, Vincent. L'interdit du boeuf en Chine. Agriculture, ethique et sacrifice.(Book review)
  by Capdeville-Zeng, Catherine
• Preaching the animal realm in late medieval Japan.
  by Kimbrough, R. Keller
• DuBois, Thomas David. The Sacred Village: Social Change and Religious Life in Rural North China.(Book review)
  by Penny, Benjamin
• Myths and traditional beliefs about the wolf and the crow in Central Asia: examples from the Turkic Wu-Sun and the Mongols.
  by Jila, Namu
• Balcom, John, and Yingtsih Balcom, Editors, translators. Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays and Poems.(Book review)
  by Kaneko, Erika
• The fox in world literature: reflections on a "fictional animal".
• MacDonald, Margaret Read. Ten Traditional Tellers.(Book review)
  by Leete, Art
• Editor's introduction.(animals in folklore)(Editorial)
  by Knecht, Peter
• Hurreiz, Sayyid Hamid. Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates.(Book review)
  by Varisco, Daniel Martin