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Japanese Mythology A to Z

by Jeremy Roberts · 2003

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With more than 600 entries on topics of interest to young readers, this is a comprehensive reference to the major figures, places, stories, objects and themes in the most popular legends and folktales from Japan.

Genre
mythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Themes
religionreligionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
JapanJapanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 136 pages

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