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ID: 901002633
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002633
Record Type: Character/Person

Amaburakosagi (Japanese character)

Note: Character of Japanese folklore and mythology (including Shinto and Yokai traditions); a female spirit who inhabites cold, snowy weather.

Names:
Amaburakosagi (Japanese character) (preferred,English-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Japanese iconography> (P)
........<Japanese characters> (P)
............Amaburakosagi (Japanese character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... spirit (being)
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
symbolic attribute is .... snow (precipitation)
.....(precipitation, weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Amaburakosagi (Japanese character)
................Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art (1972-1980)
................Bocking, Dictionary of Shinto (2005)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Bocking, Dictionary of Shinto (2005)

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