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UNINA9910163909103321 |
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Autore |
Hatto A. T (Arthur Thomas) |
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Titolo |
The world of the Khanty epic hero-princes : an exploration of a Siberian oral tradition / / Arthur Hatto [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017 |
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1-316-78425-8 |
1-316-78617-X |
1-316-78649-8 |
1-316-21604-7 |
1-316-78681-1 |
1-316-78809-1 |
1-316-78713-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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University of Cambridge oriental publications ; ; 69 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Folk poetry, Khanty - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2017). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Background: the Khanty; 2. The eighteen Khanty heroic epics, their collectors and publishers; 3. Introduction; 4. The Cosmos; 5. Time; 6. The Seasons; 7. Geography; 8. Spirits; 9. Personae; 10. Warfare; 11. Armour and weapons; 12. Men's handiwork; 13. Afterword: Arthur Hatto, ethnopoetics, and epic moments Daniel Prior. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In his final book, the late Arthur Hatto analyses the Khanty epic tradition in Siberia on the basis of eighteen texts of Khanty oral heroic epic poems recorded and edited by a succession of Hungarian and Russian scholars in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book examines the world view of an indigenous culture as reconstructed from its own words, demonstrates a flexible outline for organising an analytical dossier of the genre of oral heroic epic poetry in a specific culture, and presents an abundance of new information to compare with better-known heroic epics. Consisting of main sections on The Cosmos, Time, The Seasons, Geography, Spirits, Personae, Warfare, Armour and Weapons, and Men's Handiwork, the book also includes a |
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