A Na-Khi Folk-Tale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8932124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Jackson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-37 |
| Publication date | 1973-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1973.9716493 |
| OpenAlex | W2318611010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
THE following story has probably caused more deaths in the last two centuries than any other folk-tale in the world. It was told by the Na-khi people of South West China until the area was taken over by the Red Army in 1949 and their culture was suppressed. It was as well, perhaps, that this story was proscribed since it was an open charter for suicides. The Na-khi were renowned for their 'love-death' whereby young couples took their own lives if they could not marry a mate of their own choice. Marriage, however, was arranged by the parents in accordance with the Chinese-imposed custom and this conflicted both with tradition and with the wishes
Archaeology · Folk religion · Folklore · Theology · Traditional medicine · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 1975 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |