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At the Foot of the Fairy Mountain
The Nagerkuts of the Karakoram/Northern Pakistan. Myths – Traditions – Folklife
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2022
Summary
Die ethno-historische Studie dokumentiert die mythischen Überlieferungen, Traditionen und die Geschichte der Nagerkuts, einem Bergvolk aus dem Karakorum-Gebirge / Nordpakistan. Der Autor reist seit den 1980er Jahren in die Region und schildert die Lebenswelt eines Volkes, das bis 1972 als eines der letzten Sakralkönigreiche der Welt existierte.
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Copyright Year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-3-496-03067-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-496-03067-6
Publisher
Reimer, Berlin
Language
English
Pages
242
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 7
Prologue No access Pages 8 - 17
Notes on Ethnographic Fieldwork and Acknowledgements No access Pages 18 - 22
An Anthropologist’s Introduction No access Pages 23 - 28
Introduction No access
The Country No access
Population Groups and Languages No access
Social Organisation No access
The Village Setting No access
Economy No access
Arts and Crafts No access
Trade No access
Extraction of Natural Resources No access
Introduction No access
Local Oral Traditions No access
Origin of the Clans No access
Genealogy of the Moghlotkuts No access
The Ancient Past No access
The Progressive Settlement of Nager No access
Introduction No access
Seasonal and Agrarian Feasts No access
Lifecycle Rites No access
Indigenous Religion No access
Twelver-Shiʽa, Muslim Saints and Islamic Festivals No access
Foodways No access
Epilogue No access Pages 187 - 187
Local Masters of Memory and Men of Knowledge No access
Theft of Human Remains from Uyum Nager in 1892 No access
List of Village Names No access
List of Descent Groups No access
The Nagerkuts: In the Land of Gold and Apricots No access
Prologue and Introduction No access
Myths and Traditions: ċhóraa ċhor - ‘In Olden Times’ No access
Folklife in Nager: From Rituals to Foodways No access
Epilogue and Appendix No access
Bibliography No access Pages 229 - 241
Photo Credits No access Pages 242 - 242
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