Japanese Rainmaking and Other Folk Practices

179 Pages·2004·6.981 MB·English

by  Geoffrey Bownas

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JAPANESE RAINMAKING
ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY
Routledge Library Editions
Anthropology and Ethnography
WITCHCRAFT, FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY
In6 Volumes
I Japanese Rainmaking Bownas
II WitchcraftConfessionsand Accusations Douglas
III The Life-GivingMyth Hocart
IV The StructuralStudyofMyth and Totemism Leach
V Witchcraftand SorceryinEastAfrica Middleton &
Winter
VI The Witch Figure Newall
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And Other Folk Practices
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RAINMAKING
and Other Folk Practices
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