Tibetan Margins
Guest-edited by Daniel Berounský and Jarmila Ptáčková
Special issue of Archív Orientální 84:3 (2016) iv, 195 pp.
Daniel Berounský
List of John Benjamins publications for which Daniel Berounský plays a role.
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Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Other African languages
2016 Bird Offerings in the Old Tibetan Myths of the Nyen Collection (Gnyan ’bum) Tibetan Margins, Berounský, Daniel and Jarmila Ptáčková (eds.), pp. 527–559 | Article
The article introduces a corpus of Tibetan texts containing apparently old Tibetan myths on the Nyen (gnyan); beings representing the natural environment. The myths mostly narrate their conflicts with the original people, which are eventually resolved by ritual means. These texts are known as the… read more
2016 Guest Editor’s Note Tibetan Margins, Berounský, Daniel and Jarmila Ptáčková (eds.), pp. 463–465 | Article
