Jangar (eBook)

The Heroic Epic of the Kalmyk Nomads

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
264 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
9780520975651 (ISBN)

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The first English translation of a Kalmyk epic nearly lost to history. This is the first English translation of Jangar, the heroic epic of the Kalmyk nomads, who are the Western Mongols of Genghis Khan's medieval empire in Europe. Today, Kalmykia is situated in the territory that was once the Golden Horde, founded by the son of Genghis Khan, Juchi. Although their famed khanates and cities have long since disappeared under the sands of the Great Eurasian Steppe, the Kalmyks have witnessed, memorized, and orally transmitted some of the most transformative developments, both victorious and tragic, in the history of civilizations. A tribute to the protectors of the mythical country Bumba, Jangar reflects the hopes and aspirations of the Kalmyk people as well as their centuries-long struggle for their cultural existence. This new English translation is more than a tribute to the artistic creativity and imagination of the Kalmyk peopleit is also an important step in their struggle for cultural survival. It was only after centuries of oral transmission that the songs and stories surrounding Jangar were written down. When the first translation, into Russian, finally appeared, Stalin had the entire Kalmyk population deported to Siberia and ordered that their national literature be eliminated from the published world. This Soviet repression has had enormous consequences for world literature, silencing nomadic voices and keeping hidden their distinctive contributions. Making Jangar available in English is a landmark event, bringing a lost classic to the world's attention and restoring the voices of an almost-erased tradition at the heart of the history of Eurasia.

Inhalt

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
 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2023
• Reihe/Serie: World Literature in Translation
• Reihe/Serie: World Literature in Translation
• Übersetzer: Saglar Bougdaeva
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: Ancient • Civilization • Cultural Studies • Culture • Empire • EPIC • Ethnic Studies • Genghis Khan • Global Studies • Historical • Historical studies • Interpretation • Land • Leaders • Mongol • Sacrifice • Survival • Tradition • Tribe
• ISBN-13: 9780520975651 / 9780520975651