LEADER 02817 am 22005173u 450 001 9910169191703321 005 20221206101920.0 010 $a1-76046-083-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000001140499 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4835271 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36563 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001140499 100 $a20170420h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurc|#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJoro's youth $ethe first part of the Mongolian epic of Geser Khan /$ftranslated from the Mongolian version of 1716 ; Igor De Rachewiltz and Li Narangoa 210 $cANU Press$d2017 210 1$aActon, Australia :$cANU Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (97 pages) $cillustrations (some color), photographs; digital file(s) 311 08$aPrint version (paperback): 9781760460822 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $a"The epic of King Gesar of Ling is the national oral epic of Tibet, sung by itinerant bards in their land for many centuries but not recorded in print until recent times. Spreading widely beyond Tibet, there are extant versions in other languages of Central Asia. The first printed version is from Mongolia, produced on the orders of the Kangxi emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty in the early 18th century. In the process of transmission, the original saga lost much of its Tibetan flavour, and this Qing edition can be regarded as a genuine Mongolian work. Its hero, Geser Khan in Mongolian, became a folk-hero, later deified both in China and Mongolia. Geser's mission is to save the world from endemic evil and strife, bringing peace to all. Although he himself is the son of a god, Geser as a human is unpredictable, romantic and funny, and many of his adventures belong to the picaresque. This translation of the first, and one of the longest, chapters of the epic covers his miraculous birth, his turbulent youth, and his marriage to the beautiful Rogmo Goa. It celebrates and commemorates the 300th anniversary of the printing of the epic in Peking in early 1716."-- Provided by publisher. 606 $aEpic literature, Tibetan$vTranslations into English 610 $aliterature 610 $amongolia 610 $afolklore 610 $ageser khan 610 $aCattle 610 $aEpic of King Gesar 610 $aSheep 615 0$aEpic literature, Tibetan 676 $a895.41 700 $aRachewiltz$b Igor de$f1929-2016,$0638519 702 $aNarangoa$b Li 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910169191703321 996 $aJoro's youth$92194773 997 $aUNINA