Episode Thirty-Five: Japanese Witchcraft - Too many oranges
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Niamh brings you lovely dotes to Japan for the FINALE of our witchcraft series. It's been a ride, eh? We start out with an overview of Shintoism and the relationship between Oni-Women and folkloric witches like the Yamauba. Then we look at Western wiccan influences and Majo, which probably resulted in your fave lil Japanese delivery broom rider. Then to close out, a look at Japan's answer to the Salem Witch Trials - the persecution of the Yuta in Okinawa.

Intro clip from Okinawan Uta - the Women Shamans of Okinawa)** **from Stray Compass Life Channel. Fair use, we own nothing.

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Sources:

• Shinto | Asia Society)
• The influence of witchcraft culture on ancient Chinese water relations-a case study of the Yellow River Basin)
• Yamauba and Oni-Women: Devouring and Helping Yamauba are Two Sides of the Same Coin Noriko Reider)
• The shaman hunts and the postwar revival and reinvention of Okinawan shamanism)
• https://medium.com/japonica-publication/yamamba-the-japanese-mountain-witch-b1e13262300b)
• https://japaneseparticlesmaster.xyz/majo-in-japanese/
• https://articles.lingual-ninja.com/articles/japanese-folktale-review-ubasuteyama#Summary%20of%20Ubasuteyama)
• https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/44708/)
• https://blog.gaijinpot.com/okinawa-superstitions/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-03-mn-3104-story.html

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