Jangar: The Heroic Epic of the Kalmyk Nomads

Author:   Saglar Bougdaeva
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520344723


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   10 January 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Saglar Bougdaeva
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780520344723


ISBN 10:   0520344723
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   10 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents List of Illustrations Introduction  JANGAR Prologue  Cycle 1. How Shaman Golden Heart Joined Jangar’s Khanate Cycle 2. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Got Married  Cycle 3. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Fought with Mighty Hero Jilgan Khan  Cycle 4. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Defeated Khan Iron Head Mangna  Cycle 5. How Alya Monkhlya Stole Great Khan Jangar’s Eighteen Thousand Golden Palominos Cycle 6. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Stole Ten Thousand Pintos from  Turk Khan  Cycle 7. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Captured Mighty Kurmen Khan Cycle 8. How Serious Sanal Defeated the Country of Half-Human Giants  Cycle 9. How Savar Heavy Arm Defeated Kilgan Khan Cycle 10. How Three Sons Captured Mighty Badmin Ulan Glossary  

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"""Bougdaeva produces a lively, readable text that mimics the compactness and rapidity of the Kalmyk line."" * Journal of Folklore Research Reviews *"


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Saglar (Saga) Bougdaeva was born and raised in Kalmykia. Central to Bougdaeva’s work as a scholar of the Eurasian studies is a commitment to identifying and preserving the nomadic oral and written heritage of the Great Eurasian Steppe. Before receiving a PhD in Sociology from Yale University, Bougdaeva studied Mongolian-Tibetan-Mandarin linguistics at Saint Petersburg State University.  

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