The Epistemological Shift of a "Snake Woman" : From Buddhist Literature to the Ghost Tales of the Edo Period(<Special Issue>Mystery in Early Modern Literature)

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  • 女人蛇体の文化変遷 : 唱導文芸から江戸怪談まで(<特集>近世文学、ミステリーからの照射)
  • 女人蛇体の文化変遷--唱導文芸から江戸怪談まで
  • ニョニン ジャタイ ノ ブンカ ヘンセン ショウドウ ブンゲイ カラ エド カイダン マデ

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There is a long tradition of tales about a "snake woman" from the ancient to the early modern times, but the meaning of the tales had been shifted over the periods. In the Buddhist literature of the Middle Ages, especially in Kojiki, the "snake woman" tale was moralistically written on purpose to warn women against jealousy and other wicked emotions. In the Edo Period, however, such a moralistic tone faded away. Instead the tales were nerrated as ghost stories in which the monstrosity of the snake woman came to be emphasized.

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