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Multiethnic Societies of Central Asia and Siberia Represented in Indigenous Oral and Written Literature [PDF]
Central Asia and Siberia are characterized by multiethnic societies formed by a patchwork of often small ethnic groups. At the same time large parts of them have been dominated by state languages, especially Russian and Chinese.
Barnett, Robert +21 more
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Ornithosymbols of the Kalmyk Language: Thanatological Aspect [PDF]
This article is devoted to the ethnolinguistic study of the bird symbolism in the culture of Kalmyks and other Mongolian peoples. The work presents the main characteristics of bird symbolism, reflecting the most common images in the conceptions of ...
Kukeev, Adieian G. +4 more
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Crow in the Kalmyk Folklore: Superstitions, Spells, Fairy Tales
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"Ethnographic Romanticism" in N.A. Durova’s Stories "Sulfur Key" and E.A. Gan’s "Utballa" [PDF]
The article considers N. A. Durova's novels "The Sulphur Key" and E.A. Gan's "Utballa". A. Gan's "Utballa" as an example of romantic prose and, at the same time, the presence of ethnographic elements in the novels gives grounds to speak of "ethnographic ...
K. A., Kabassova, N. B., Aristangaliyeva
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The Genre of Kharal in 20th-Century Kalmyk Poetry
Introduction. In Kalmyk folklore, the genres of yöräl (well-wishing) and kharal (curse) cluster with magic poetry characterized by ritual and communicative functions.
Rimma M. Khaninova
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20th-Century Kalmyk Rhymed Oaths (Poems): Poetics Revisited
Introduction. When it comes to 1930s Kalmyk poetic genres, special attention should be paid to rhymed oaths (poems) which, on the one hand, were tied to the Mongolic folklore tradition, and on the other hand, to the then historical realia and related ...
Rimma M. Khaninova
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Mongolian oral epic poetry : an overview [PDF]
Mongolian tuuli, or epic poetry, the most important genre in Mongolian literary history, is a vast tradition of orally composed works. Accompanied by musical instruments such as the tobshur and the choor, tuuli relates these nomadic peoples' glorious ...
Gejin, Chao
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Kalmyk Literary Fable, 20th Century: Zoopoetics of Text
Introduction. In the genre system of Kalmyk poetry, the literary fable appeared in the 1930s. When it came to master the genre, Kalmyk poets mainly focused on the traditions of Russian fable of the 19th–20th centuries, primarily on I. A. Krylov’s works
Rimma M. Khaninova
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Kalmyk and Khalkha Ethnographica in Gábor Bálint of Szentkatolna’s manuscripts (1871–1873) [PDF]
The Hungarian (Székely) Gábor Bálint of Szentkatolna (1844–1913) was one of the first researchers of Kalmyk and Khalkha vernacular language, folklore and ethnography.
Birtalan, Ágnes
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Introduction. Color terms constitute a most archaic lexical stratum of any language. Being characterized by vivid ethnocultural specifics, those serve as important elements to the linguistic view of the world. Goals. The paper seeks to analyze semantic
Aleksandra T. Bayanova
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