Publisher's Synopsis
In recent years Manchu and Tungus studies have experienced an increased interest from scholars all around the world, among them experts from such diverse fields as Chinese and Inner Asian History, Folklore Studies, Compar-ative Altaic Philology, and Linguistics. The present collaborative volume contains a selection of papers on Manchu and Tungus philology, history, and folklore originally presented at the First International Conference on Manchu-Tungus Studies (ICMTS), a venue which took place at University of Bonn's Seminar fur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft Zentralasiens in summer 2000. From the table of contents: Jorg Backer, Shamanic Epics and Mongolian Influences at the Lower Amur; Carsten Naeher, Aus der Geschichte der Tungusologie; Tatsuo Nakami, Some Remarks on the Emu tanggu orin sakda i gisun sarkiyan; Johannes Reckel, Chaegasung - die letzten Mandschuren Koreas; Giovanni Stary, The "Discovery" of Manchu Literature and Its Problems; Catherine UrayKohalmi, Mangi: The Bear in Myths and Tales of Manchu-Tungus Peoples; Michael Weiers, Zum Wert mandschusprachiger Quellen fur die Erforschung der Geschichte Innerasiens.
