My Mongolian World: From Onon Bridge to Cambridge

by Urgunge Onon

The distinguished Mongolian scholar Urgunge Onon's reminiscences offer a rare insight into the culture and lifestyle of a Daur Mongol in the first half of the twentieth century. Covering the years from his youth to middle age, the author offers a wide spectrum of experiences from a disappearing world, including everyday family life, shamanist customs, the role of the bonesetter, wolf hunting, falconry, folklore and some of the great legends of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1901903397
• ISBN13: 9781901903393
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 148 Pages