Birtalan Ágnes: Kalmyk Folklore and Folk Culture in the Mid-19th Century: Philological Studies on the Basis of Gábor Bálint of Szentkatolna’s Kalmyk Texts.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ninth song 62 Tenth song 63 Eleventh song 63 Twelfth song 64 Thirteenth song 66 Fourteenth song 67 Fifteenth song 68 Sixteenth song 70 Bálint's Songs in the Kalmyk Corpus 73 Tales 83 Notes on the Genre 84 The Tales in Bálint's Manuscript 85 First Tale 86 Second Tale 87 Third Tale 89 Fourth Tale 91 Fifth Tale 93 Sixth Tale 96 Seventh Tale 99 Eighth Tale 102 Ninth Tale 105 Tenth Tale 108 Eleventh Tale 1'' Twelfth Tale 1 '4 Thirteenth Tale 117 Fourteenth Tale '22 Fifteenth Tale 127 ETHNOGRAPHICACALMYCICA 137 The rites du passages in Bálint's material 139 The Wedding of the Kalmyks (Oirats) 139 Rites du passages 1. Wedding: Loosing and Tying 142 The Death among the Kalmyks 144 Rites dti passages 2. The Last Transformation 146 Customs 148 Horse racing. Wrestling and Stealing 148 Competition of Horses (Including the Stealing Livestock) and Competition of Strength (Wrestling) 149 About the Oath Taking among the Kalmyk 149 Saxä, a Way of Jurisdiction 151 Nomadic Way of Life 152 The Nomadising of the Kalmyk 153 About How the Kalmyks Pasture their Livestock 154 About the Milk of the Domestic Animals of the Kalmyk(s) 156 Mare's Milk 157 Ewe-milk 158 About How the Kalmyks Shear the Sheep 158 About How the Kalmyks Hunt with Birds 160 On Bálint's Account about Hunting with Bird 156 On the Present-day Context of Bálint 's Material 162 Five Kinds of Livestock and Pertinent Activities 162 Seasonal Division of Pastoral Work Processes 163 Felt Making 164 Yurt, "Round Tent" 166 EXCURSUS - INSTEAD OF AFTERWORD 168 BIBLIOGRAPHY 169 ILLUSTRATIONS 181 FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPT 187 ADDENDUM 375