The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from Japan

The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from JapanAn extraordinary collection of Japanese folk tales, many in English for the first time! This book contains 79 stories from the Japanese collection Tales from Shinshu, compiled and edited by award winning author Noboru Wada. It features traditional tales of yokai, ghosts, mountain witches, demons and apparitions frequently sighted in and around the mountainous Shinshu region in central Japan, such as: The Legend of the Snow Woman: A beautiful woman

the frog and the crane

and it isn't long before he and Ying start to fall for one another

enthralling and atmospheric tales are based on the Scandinavian myth cycle – one of the greatest and most culturally significant stories in the world – and tell of Odin with his one eye

author of Aftertaste

convinced it could heal a wounded soul

The Romans capture Cacofonix as a gift for Caesar who plans to throw him to the lions

types of habitat

moving novel in which every sentence sings

Hilda can never sit still for long without setting off on another adventure

propagated

identification tips and distribution maps are provided for a range of mammal

the development director for an art gallery in Chicago