Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Hearn, Lafcadio
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Deriving its title from the word for "ghost story" in Japanese Kwaidan is a compilation of supernatural tales from Japan. The final section of the book, "Insect-Studies," presents Chinese and Japanese superstitions relating to the insect world: butterflies (personifications of the human soul), mosquitoes (karmic reincarnations of jealous or greedy people), and ants (humanity's superior in chastity, ethics, social structure, longevity, and evolution).
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