Hardcover, 294 pages
English language
Published June 20, 1974 by Weatherhill.
Hardcover, 294 pages
English language
Published June 20, 1974 by Weatherhill.
Gods of Myth and Stone is a pioneering work, the first book in English to deal comprehensively with the origins and meaning of Japanese phallicism and to stress its pivotal position in Japan's folk religion -- that foundation of beliefs underlying the indigenous cult of Shinto and Japanese religiosity in general.