The Human-Fish: Animality, Teratology, and Religion in Premodern Japan
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DOI: 10.18874/jjrs.48.1.2021.1-44
Abstract: This article focuses on the cultural valence of the human-fish (ningyo), a hybrid aquatic creature with a human face and a fish body, in premodern Japan from the eighth to the nineteenth century. Located at… read more here.
Keywords: fish animality; teratology; premodern japan; human fish ... See more keywords