October 1997 Volume 12, Number 2 Download Media Front Matter Editor's Column Articles From the Griot of Roots to the Roots of Griot: A New Look at the Origins of a Controversial African Term for Bard Thomas A. Hale Sink or Swim: On Associative Stucturing in Longer Latvian Folk Songs Vaira Vikis-Freibergs “The Battle with the Monster”: Transformation of a Traditional Pattern in “The Dream of the Rood” Leslie Stratyner Two Performances of the “Return of Alpamish”: Current Performance-Practice in the Uzbek Oral Epic of the Sherabad School Walter Feldman Mongolian Oral Epic Poetry: An Overview Chao Gejin Annotated Bibliography 1986-1990 Catherine Quick Supplemental Materials About the Authors
