Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023): The Divine, the Demonic and the Beyond in Belief, Narrative and Practice of Central and East Asia

Published: 2023-06-09

Inspirational Insights

‘Ecosystems’ and ‘Mind Viruses’ in Folklore Research: Does Folkloristics Need Memetics?

Alexander Panchenko

1–16
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Editorial

Preface to the Special Issue: The Divine, the Demonic and the Beyond in Belief, Narrative and Practice of Central and East Asia

Alevtina Solovyeva

17–20
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Articles

The Saint Euplus Miracle in China: The Local Version of a Motif Complex

Aglaia Starostina

21-33
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New Religious Teachings and Narrative Baojuan in the Late 19th Century: The Example of the Complete Recension of the Scroll of Mulian

Rostislav Berezkin

34–50
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The Cult of the Chinese God Guan Yu in the Studies of Russian Sinologists: Fieldwork Observations, Approaches, Methodology

Ekaterina Zavidovskaya

51–67
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Death beyond Death: Jian Spirits in Chinese Popular Belief

Elizaveta Volchkova

68-82
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Seeking an ‘Ideal Place’ in a Nuosu Origin Epic

Mark Bender

83-100
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Cat Spirits in North-western China: Worship Practices, Origin, and External Relations

Ilya Gruntov, Olga Mazo

101-125
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How to Defeat a Demon: The Function of the Oirat Folk Narrative about Burning the Female Devil

Dmitrii Alekseevich Nosov

126-132
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A Concern for the Invisible: Dwelling with Sensitive Horses and Vanishing Graves in Mongolia

Gregory Delaplace

133-155
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Notes and Reviews

Book Review: Competing Ideologies in Greek Culture, Ancient and Modern

Reet Hiiemäe

156-157
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Book Review: Marian Devotion among the Roma in Slovakia

Magdalena Slavkova

158-159
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