Join Emily Zarka, Ph.D. on a journey to discover humans’ unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature and film.
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Don’t miss future episodes of Monstrum, subscribe! http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub Yuki-Onna, the icy snow maiden of Japanese lore, might steal your heart, or your life. This harsh winter monster is beautiful and dangerous, the incarnation of winter storms. For audio descriptions, go to Settings - Audio Track - English Descriptive. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateStoried ***** We would like to sincerely thank Hiroko Yoda for her expertise and time. If you want to learn more about her work with yōkai, visit her website AltJapan.com and check out her latest book Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide. Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Producer: Thomas Fernandes Editor/Animator: P.W. Shelton Assistant Editor/Animator: Jordyn Buckland Illustrator: Samuel Allan Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing Additional Footage: Shutterstock Music: APM Music Descriptive Audio & Captions provided by The Described and Captioned Media Program Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs ---------------------------- Bibliography Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures. Macfarland, 2014. Chikamatsu, Monzaemon. Major Plays of Chikamatsu. Translated by Donald Keene. Columbia University Press, 1990. Foster, Michael Dylan. The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, University of California Press, 2015. Komura, Toshiaki. "Translations and Transformations of Snow Women as Exiles: Lafcadio Hearn's 'Yuki-Onna' and Anne Sexton's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'" (2014): 1-30. McNulty, Anne, and Sato, Eriko. Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English. Tuttle Publishing, 2018. Papp, Zília. Traditional Monster Imagery in Manga, Anime and Japanese Cinema. Brill, 2010. The Far East. J. N. Penlington, 1921.
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