Sart-Kalmyk version of "Jangar” (text, main motives)

Authors

  • Tamara G. Basangova Kalmyk Institute for Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences

Keywords:

Sart-Kalmyks; Bachi of Sarpekov; epic; record epic

Abstract

The article is devoted to the Sart-Kalmyk version of "Jangar” epos kept in the Archive of the Kalmyk Institute of Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences, recorded by A. Burdukov – a famous researcher of Mongolia. An analysis of storyline is performed in the article as well as an analysis of ancient motives of this version of the epos and its properties.

References

Burdukov, A. V. (1929) Kratkii otchet o poezdke k sart-kalmykam // Sbornik godovykh otchetov Vsesoiuznoi Akademii nauk. L.

Burdukov, A. V. (1935) Karakol'skie kalmyki (sart-kalmyki) // Sovetskaia etnografiia. № 6.

Vladimirtsov, B. Ia. (1926) Obraztsy mongol'skoi narodnoi slovesnosti (Severo- Zapadnaia Mongoliia). L. S. 99-105.

Dzhangar (1978) V 2 tt. M. (na kalm. iazyke).

Mongol ardyn baatarlag tuul'syn uchir (1966) Ulaanbaatar. S. 54 –58.

Sedklin kiur. «Zadushevnyi razgovor» (1960). Elista (na kalm. iaz.).

Published

14.12.2011

How to Cite

Basangova, T. G. (2011) “Sart-Kalmyk version of "Jangar” (text, main motives)”, The New Research of Tuva, 4. Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/384 (Accessed: 18.05.2024).

Issue

Section

Nomads of the Asian continent

Author Biography

Tamara G. Basangova, Kalmyk Institute for Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Philology, leading researcher