Mononoke. Le temps des mauvais esprits. Numismatique the author draws on the

the author draws on the rich corpus of written sources: literary texts

Only China and Japan have held Claudel's attention to this point

Melancholy and humor mark the detachment necessary to compensate for the deepest pains

Dans un monde viril et violent où l'homme dominait

Mononoke. Le temps des mauvais esprits. Numismatique the author draws on theWhat are evil spirits? In Japan, there are said to be 8 million kami. These spirits encompass all manner of supernatural creatures, from the malignant to the monstrous, from the demonic to the divine, and everything in between. Most of them appear strange and frightening, even evil, from a human perspective. They are known by a myriad of names: bakemono, chimimry, mamono, mononoke, obake, oni, and ykai. Ykai is the most common catch all term for the