Yakhontova N. [Review:] Der Fuchs in Kultur, Religion und Folklore Zentral-und Ostasiens. Teil I. Herausgegeben von Hartmut Walravens. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001, X, 203 pp. // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 8. No. 4. December 2002. P. 69—70.
There has always been a great interest in how different animals
are represented in folk literature and folk beliefs. The
fox is one of the widespread characters of folk tales all
over the world. In an Introduction (pp. IV–X), Hartmut
Walravens, the editor of the volume, goes so far as to use
the word “foxlore” to show how rich materials on the fox
are and how vast the field of research is. He says that the idea
of such a study first visited him at the International Congress
of Orientalists in 1997. The result is a two-volume edition
(the second volume is now in print), which covers different
regions and different approaches to the theme...
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