Religion, Myth and Folklore in the World's Epics: The Kalevala and its PredecessorsLauri Honko Walter de Gruyter, 2011/08/02 - 597 ページ The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series. |
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Eddic Poetry and Fornaldarsaga | 73 |
The Problem of Oral and Written Composition | 93 |
Ballad Origins and Epic Ambitions | 115 |
Epic Cycles as the Basis for the Kalevala | 133 |
Africa | 379 |
Is Epic Oral or Written? | 381 |
African Examples | 403 |
Arabic Folk Epics | 425 |
Asia | 439 |
A Comparativistic View | 441 |
Motif Correspondences between Mongolian Epics and the Kalevala | 455 |
The Singers of the King Gesar Epic | 471 |
The Kalevala as Epic | 157 |
The Processual View | 181 |
The Reception of the Kalevala and Its Impact on the Arts | 231 |
Points of Comparison | 245 |
The Kalevala and the Epic Traditions of Europe | 247 |
The Kalevala and Kalevipoeg | 265 |
Russian and Finnish Epic Songs | 287 |
The Väinämöinen Poems and the South Slavic Oral Epos | 311 |
Epics of the Eastern Uralic Peoples | 343 |
Frederic Mistrals Poem Mireille and Provençal Identity | 359 |
The Life and History of the Epic King Gesar in Ladakh | 485 |
Epics in China | 503 |
The Yukar of the Ainu and Its Historical Background | 519 |
Epilogue | 535 |
The Role of Mythologism Past and Present | 537 |
Problems of Interpretation and Identity | 555 |
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