The memorial feast for Kokötöy Khan : a Kirghiz epic poem in the Manas tradition / composed in oral performance by Saghïmbay Orozbaq uulu ; translated from the complete text by Daniel Prior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orozbak uulu, Sagymbaĭ, 1867-1939, author.

Contributor:

Prior, Daniel, translator.

Standardized Title:

Kȯkȯtȯĭdu̇n ashy. English

Language:

English

Kyrgyz

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Kyrgyz--Translations into English.

Epic poetry, Kyrgyz.

Genre:

Translations.

Epic poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 353 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

[London] : Penguin Random House UK, 2022.

Summary:

This tale from the Manas epic gives the reader startling, brilliantly colored access to the world of the horse-based nomad cultures of Central Asia. Written down in the early twentieth century but drawing on sources of antiquity, The Memorial Feast for K̲k̲t̲y Khan is the bravura telling of the story of a new and uncertain khan, Boqmurun, and his decision to hold a great gathering to commemorate the life and death of K̲k̲toy, his already legendary predecessor. From the Muslim lands to the west to China in the east, great warriors and their turbulent retinues gather in the high grasslands to feast, compete and quarrel. Beautifully translated by Daniel Prior, The Memorial Feast allows the reader to get closer than any other source to a sense of the values, glamour and oddities of the peoples who shaped so much of Eurasia. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: THE MEMORIAL FEAST FOR KOKOTOY KHAN

pt. 1 Kokotoy's Deathbed Testament

pt. 2 Boqmurun Journeys to Consult Manas after Kokotoy's Death

pt. 3 Boqmurun Sends Out the Announcement

pt. 4 Boqmurun Assembles the People and Takes Counsel on Holding Kokotoy's Memorial Feast

pt. 5 Boqmurun Sets His Entire People Migrating and Goes to Qarqira to Hold Kokotoy's Memorial Feast

pt. 6 Boqmurun Mounts Aydar on Maani-ker and Sends Him to Invite the People

pt. 7 The People Arrive at Kokotoy's Memorial Feast

pt. 8 Manas Arrives at Kokotoy's Memorial Feast

pt. 9 Qongurbay, in a Huff, Demands Maani-ker from Boqmurun

pt. 10 The Horses Are Paraded; The Racing-Prizes Are Announced

pt. 11 Shooting the Ingot

pt. 12 Qoshoy and Joloy Wrestle; Qoshoy Beats Joloy

pt. 13 Oronghu Untethers the Camels; The Mangy Bald-Heads Fight

pt. 14 Manas and Qongurbay Joust; Manas Lances Qongurbay

pt. 15 Wrestling on Horseback

pt. 16 The Finish of the Horse Race

pt. 17 The Qitay-Qalmaqs Make Off with the Prize; The Ensuing Battle.

Notes:

Translated from the Kyrgyz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780241544211

0241544211

OCLC:

1314281408