The Tatars In Lithuania and Their Ethnohistory

Bibliographic Data

ID6133908
AuthorsVeneta Yankova (Eötvös Loránd University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume4
Pages298-316
Publication date2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueYearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2613-7852 • E-ISSN: 2613-7844
PublisherEstonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press (PUBLISHER • EE)
DOI10.7592/ybbs4.12
OpenAlexW4200001369
LanguageEN
References cited11

This article focuses on the interpretation and re-interpretation of the history of the Tatar community in Lithuania. It is the result of field studies conducted in 2012, 2015 and 2016 and draws the reader’s attention to Tatar ethnohistory, understood as a story of the past, tracing its main narratives: the settlement of Tatars in this region of Europe, their past and their family genealogies. The analysis finds that the mythology of the settlement is heroic, the central role in it is played by the great prince Vytautas, and the ancestors are presented as noble and loyal warriors. In its main elements (plot, characters), Tatar mythography follows the trajectory of the dominant national narrative, emphasizing the heroic and dignified participation of Tatars in it

Archaeology · Art · Clan · Ethnohistory · Ethnology · Genealogy · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Tatar · Anthropology · Classics · Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History