SOURCE: "Salvation of the Snake, the Snake of Salvation: Buddhist-Shinto Conflict and Resolution," in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1-2, March-June, 1981, pp. 83-113.
In the following essay, Kelsey examines the use of the snake figure in Buddhist and Shinto narratives of evil and redemption.
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