25th anniversary
Epics Along the Silk Roads

Oral Tradition Volume 11, Number 1March 1996


Table of Contents

Transformations of Epic Time and Space: Creating the World’s Creation in Kalevala-metric Poetry
by Lotte Tarkka

Kudaman: An Oral Epic in the Palawan Highlands
by Nicole Revel

Epics in the Oral Genre System of Tulunadu
by B.A. Viveka Rai

The Mechanisms of Epic Plot and the Mongolian Geseriad
by S. Ju. Nekljudov

From Classical to Postclassical: Changing Ideologies and Changing Epics in India
by Petteri Koskikallio

Introduction
Epics along the Silk Roads: Mental Texts, Performance, and Written Codification

by Lauri Honko

Epic and Identity: National, Regional, Communal, Individual
by Lauri Honko

The Present State of the Mongolian Epic and Some Topics for Future Research
by Walter Heissig

Epos and National Identity: Transformations and Incarnations
by Lauri Harvilahti

G.J. Ramstedt as a Recorder of Khalkha Epics
by Harry Halén

Caucasian Epics: Textualist Principles in Publishing
by Alla Alieva

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