1. Sabira Stählberg, PhD (Bonn, Central Asian Studies); M. A. (Helsinki, East Asian Studies). - Independent researcher and lecturer. Major publications: Der Gansu-Korridor. Barbarenland diesseits und jenseits der Großen Chinesischen Mauer (Hamburg 1996), The Gansu Corridor. An Ethnic Melting Pot (in: T. Atabaki and J. O'Kane [eds.], Post-Soviet Central Asia. London 1998).
2. Ingvar Svanberg, Senior scholar at Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University. Major publications: China's Last Nomads. The History and Culture of China's Kazaks (Armonk 1998); Contemporary Kazaks. Cultural and Social Perspectives (Richmond 1999); Islam in the West. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies; 4 Vols. (London 2011), Pioneers in Ethnobiology (Uppsala 2014).
摘要
Central Asian wildmen traditions can be divided into two main lines: Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, which as well as Chinese Central Asia seem to belong to the same tradition. This line is close to Tibetan and Chinese wildmen beliefs. Tajikistan and the Pamir Mountains belong to another cultural area, which is connected to Iranian and Indian folklore. We focus here on the wildmen in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, describing and analysing wildmen stories from three points of view: emic, etic, and mixed perspectives. These points of view should be seen as dimensions of understanding which complement each other.
目次
Introduction 51 Historical Records 52 Almas 53 Almas Research 55 Almas Relatives 56 Animal Men 57 Conclusion 58 References Cited 59
