The Oirat epic cycle of Jangar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9330449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chao Gejin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 130-149 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oral Epic Traditions in China and Beyond (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003258001-17 |
| OpenAlex | W2185825197 |
| ISBN | 9781003258001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
We call Jangar an epic cycle because it is composed of many cantos with close mutual connections. The story as a whole concerns the khan Jangar and his twelve warriors' heroic deeds: how they build up the khan's palace, how they defeat threatening invaders, how they conquer others' territories, and how they woo and marry beautiful maidens according to the dictates of destiny. Each canto is a somewhat independent story about one or more of those warriors' adventures, yet it also shares the overall framework and the basic elements: an opening canto (jangar un ehin bolog) provides essential information about the kingdom, Khan Jangar's palace, his incomparable deeds, his distinguished warriors, and his honorable lady. Besides the Jangar cycle, the Oirat people also possess other comparatively short epic songs that bear a close relation to Jangar in story-patterns and motifs. Some of them may have arisen earlier and thus had an influence on Jangar
Adventure · Art · Art history · Canto · Destiny (ISS module · EPIC · Genealogy · Literature · Relation (database · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |