From the Literary Heritage of Turkic South-Siberia

Marazzi, Ugo. From the Literary Heritage of Turkic South-Siberia. Napoli: University of Naples, 2005. First edition. Quarto. (5)113pp. Original light brown wrappers with black lettering on cover and spine. Sor Folkloric and Shamanic Texts. Xayïndïrïnmay Bayay-ôl. A Tuvan Hero Tale. Supplemento n. 95 agli Annali (Sez. Orientale) – vol. 65. “The texts presented here belong to South Siberia, an area of great philological interest in the field of Turkic Studies. This area has remained outside the process of conversion to Islam, which in greater or lesser degree reshaped the cultural order of much of the Turkic world starting from the 10th Century, and has conserved the ancient shamanistic traditions of the Ancient Turks, while being affected on the other hand by the inevitable influence of Mongolian Lamaistic Buddhism and in more recent times by that of the Russian presence.” (publisher). R penciled to upper right corner of front cover. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Softcover. (35327) $95