Results 11 to 20 of about 517 (261)
Introduction. The publication highlights efforts undertaken by Siberia Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (since 1851 — Siberia Department, since 1877 — Eastern Siberia Department) to explore the ethnography of the Mongolic peoples ...
Marsel M. Mannapov, Aybulat V. Psyanchin
doaj +1 more source
Word-Stress Patterns in Mongolic Languages
The paper presents a preliminary analysis of stress patterns in Mongolic languages. According to the author's hypothesis, there are at least three major word stress patterns in Mongolic.
Jargal B. Badagarov
doaj +1 more source
Introduction. Ursa Major is the constellation most venerated by Mongolic peoples. Goals. The article seeks to analyze related beliefs traced in folklore and collected field data, reveal key mythological characteristics, and cast light upon diachronous ...
Elza P. Bakaeva
doaj +1 more source
The Concept Ger ‘Home’ in Linguistic Worldviews of Mongols
Introduction. The article examines a basic concept of any linguistic worldview — that of home (Mong. ger). Goals. The study aims at identifying and revealing semantic features of the concept in folklore texts of Mongolic peoples — Buryat, Kalmyk, and ...
Sesegma D. Gympilova, Bair Ts. Gomboev
doaj +1 more source
Sūtra [Averting Effects] of Bad Dreams: Two Oirat Manuscript Copies Revisited
Goals. The article introduces two Oirat manuscript copies of the Sūtra [Averting Effects] of Bad Dreams, a well-known dream book of the Mongolian tradition, and analyzes the texts diachronically comparing their contents to available sources dealing with ...
Saglara V. Mirzaeva
doaj +1 more source
Introduction. The article examines the onym Megüren (Yak. Möŋürüön < Mögürüön) used as a name of several administrative units in the territory of Yakutia, mainly those included in Meginsky (Yak. Mäŋä) District. The available 17th-century written sources —
Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin
doaj +1 more source
‘(Ne) Khukhry-Mukhry’: One Russian Idiom of Mongolian Origin Revisited
The paper examines the etymology of the idiom ‘(ne) khukhry-mukhry’ which in its form fully corresponds to the so-called pair words widely used in Turkic, Mongolic and some Finno-Ugric languages.
Alexey A. Burykin
doaj +1 more source
Introduction. The article examines some traditional ideas of venereal diseases traced in Mongolic cultures, reasons once believed to lie behind them, and treatment methods prescribed by folk and Tibetan medicine. Goals.
Surzhana B. Miyagasheva
doaj +1 more source
Bayïrqu and Barγu: Deconstructing One Myth [PDF]
In academic and unspecialized literature related to the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Buryats, the two ethnonyms Bayïrqu ~ Bayarqu, known in the Old Turkic period, and Barγu ~ Barqu, first recorded in the early 13th century, have been commonly ...
Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin
doaj +1 more source

