March 1996 Volume 11, Number 1 : Epics Along the Silk Roads Download Media Front Matter Editor's Column Articles Caucasian Epics: Textualist Principles in Publishing Alla Alieva G.J. Ramstedt as a Recorder of Khalkha Epics Harry Halén Epos and National Identity: Transformations and Incarnations Lauri Harvilahti The Present State of the Mongolian Epic and Some Topics for Future Research Walter Heissig Epic and Identity: National, Regional, Communal, Individual Lauri Honko IntroductionEpics along the Silk Roads: Mental Texts, Performance, and Written Codification Lauri Honko From Classical to Postclassical: Changing Ideologies and Changing Epics in India Petteri Koskikallio The Mechanisms of Epic Plot and the Mongolian Geseriad S. Ju. Nekljudov Epics in the Oral Genre System of Tulunadu B.A. Viveka Rai Kudaman: An Oral Epic in the Palawan Highlands Nicole Revel Transformations of Epic Time and Space: Creating the World’s Creation in Kalevala-metric Poetry Lotte Tarkka Supplemental Materials About the Authors
