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Religion, myth, and folklore in the world's epics : the Kalevala and its predecessors / edited by Lauri Honko.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 30.
- Religion and society ; 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kalevala.
- Epic literature--History and criticism.
- Epic literature.
- Folklore in literature.
- Myth in literature.
- Religion in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (600 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2011
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "Religion, Myth and Folklore in the World's Epics".
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Prologue
- The Kalevala and the World's Epics: An Introduction / Honko, Lauri
- Models
- The Homeric Epics and Greek Cultural Identity / Jensen, Minna Skafte
- Virgil's Aeneid as Homeric, National and Universal Epic / Oksala, Teivas
- The Old Norse Analogue: Eddic Poetry and Fornaldarsaga / Lönnroth, Lars
- Kalevala and Nibelungenlied: The Problem of Oral and Written Composition / Fromm, Hans
- Macpherson's Ossian: Ballad Origins and Epic Ambitions / Thomson, Derick
- Result
- Epic Cycles as the Basis for the Kalevala / Kuusi, Matti
- The Kalevala as Epic / Kaukonen, Vāinō
- The Kalevala: The Processual View / Honko, Lauri
- The Reception of the Kalevala and Its Impact on the Arts / Alhoniemi, Pirkko
- Points of Comparison Europe
- The Kalevala and the Epic Traditions of Europe / Voigt, Vilmos
- The Kalevala and Kalevipoeg / Laugaste, Eduard
- Russian and Finnish Epic Songs / Oinas, Felix J.
- The Väinämöinen Poems and the South Slavic Oral Epos / Bynum, David Ε.
- Epics of the Eastern Uralic Peoples / Domokos, Péter
- Frédéric Mistral's Poem Mireille and Provençal Identity / Schenda, Rudolf
- Points of Comparison Africa
- Is Epic Oral or Written? / Knappert, Jan
- Identity and Epics: African Examples / Seydou, Christiane
- Arabic Folk Epics / Galley, Micheline
- Points of Comparison Asia
- The Iranian Book of Kings: A Comparativistic View / Puhvel, Jaan
- Motif Correspondences between Mongolian Epics and the Kalevala / Heissig, Walther
- The Singers of the King Gesar Epic / rgyal-mtsho, 'Jam-dpal
- The Life and History of the Epic King Gesar in Ladakh / Herrmann, Silke
- Epics in China / Zhi, Jia
- The Yukar of the Ainu and Its Historical Background / Obayashi, Taryo
- Epilogue
- The Role of Mythologism, Past and Present / Karhu, Eino
- The Kalevala: Problems of Interpretation and Identity / Honko, Lauri
- Index of Names
- Index of Epics and Epic Heroes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783110874556
- 3110874555
- OCLC:
- 979588782
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