The world of the Khanty epic hero-princes : an exploration of a Siberian oral tradition : based on eighteen Khanty heroic epic poems / Arthur Hatto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatto, A. T. (Arthur Thomas), author.

Series:

University of Cambridge oriental publications ; no. 69.

University of Cambridge oriental publications ; 69

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk poetry, Khanty--History and criticism.

Folk poetry, Khanty.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In his final book, the late A. T. 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 section of background information on the Khanty people. Marianne Bakro-Nagy contributes specialist knowledge of the Khanty language to the linguistic interpretation of the texts, and there is an afterword by Daniel Prior.

Contents:

Background: the Khanty

The eighteen Khanty heroic epics, their collectors and publishers

Introduction

The Cosmos

Time

The Seasons

Geography

Spirits

Personae

Warfare

Armour and weapons

Men's handiwork

Afterword: Arthur Hatto, ethnopoetics, and epic moments / by Daniel Prior.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index.

ISBN:

9781107103214

1107103215

OCLC:

975282243