Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- PREFACE
- PART I THE ORAL LITERATURE OF THE TATARS
- Chapter I INTRODUCTION
- Chapter II HEROIC POETRY AND SAGA
- Chapter III THE HEROIC MILIEU. INDIVIDUALISM IN THE HEROIC POEMS
- Chapter IV NON-HEROIC POETRY AND SAGA
- Chapter V HISTORICAL AND UNHISTORICAL ELEMENTS IN HEROIC POETRY AND SAGA
- Chapter VI POETRY AND SAGA RELATING TO GODS AND SPIRITS, AND MANTIC POETRY
- Chapter VII ANTIQUARIAN POETRY AND SAGA. GNOMIC AND DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE. POETRY AND SAGA RELATING TO UNSPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS
- Chapter VIII THE TEXTS
- Chapter IX RECITATION AND COMPOSITION
- Chapter X THE SHAMAN
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- PART II THE ORAL LITERATURE OF POLYNESIA
- PART III NOTES ON THE ORAL LITERATURE OF SOME AFRICAN PEOPLES
- PART IV A GENERAL SURVEY
- INDEX
Chapter X - THE SHAMAN
from PART I - THE ORAL LITERATURE OF THE TATARS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- PREFACE
- PART I THE ORAL LITERATURE OF THE TATARS
- Chapter I INTRODUCTION
- Chapter II HEROIC POETRY AND SAGA
- Chapter III THE HEROIC MILIEU. INDIVIDUALISM IN THE HEROIC POEMS
- Chapter IV NON-HEROIC POETRY AND SAGA
- Chapter V HISTORICAL AND UNHISTORICAL ELEMENTS IN HEROIC POETRY AND SAGA
- Chapter VI POETRY AND SAGA RELATING TO GODS AND SPIRITS, AND MANTIC POETRY
- Chapter VII ANTIQUARIAN POETRY AND SAGA. GNOMIC AND DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE. POETRY AND SAGA RELATING TO UNSPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS
- Chapter VIII THE TEXTS
- Chapter IX RECITATION AND COMPOSITION
- Chapter X THE SHAMAN
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- PART II THE ORAL LITERATURE OF POLYNESIA
- PART III NOTES ON THE ORAL LITERATURE OF SOME AFRICAN PEOPLES
- PART IV A GENERAL SURVEY
- INDEX
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- The Growth of Literature , pp. 192 - 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1940