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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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Shu Jen Chang 庶人章(Chapter of Common Peope) of Hsiao Ching 孝經(Canon of Filial Piety) [PDF]
The aim of this article will be summed up in two points: the one is to analyse Shu Jen Chang from the view-point of economic and social history, the other to criticize Mr.
宇都宮, 淸吉
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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 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. Contemporary Kalmyk studies are characterized by that there are still a number of insufficiently explored issues dealing with the shaping of the Kalmyk ethnos, including that of identities of their ancestors within materials related to ...
Elza P. Bakaeva
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Biblical Legends in the Folklore of the Turkic Peoples in Southern Siberia [PDF]
The article deals with the ethnic specificity of biblical legends about the flood and the Tower of Babel in the folklore of the Turkic peoples of Southern Siberia (the Altai, Tuva, Khakassia and Shor).
Oinotkinova, Nadezhda
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Clear Script Sources on Oirat History : Classification, Values, and Significance [PDF]
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6680, Sukhbaatar, N.
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The Oirat epic cycle of Jangar
We call Jangar an epic cycle because it is composed of many cantos with close mutual connections. The story as a whole concerns the khan Jangar and his twelve warriors' heroic deeds: how they build up the khan's palace, how they defeat threatening invaders, how they conquer others' territories, and how they woo and marry beautiful maidens according to ...
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Tradition and Symbolism of Sheep Scapula Divination: a Case Study of Bayangol Mongols from Xinjiang
Introduction. In the cultural tradition of Mongolic peoples, there is a rite of sacralizing certain parts of animal bones, and related ritual actions and prohibitions.
Gongmujafu Gombojav
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