Noun-epithets of Dongba and Daba oral traditions

• Main Author: Xu, Duoduo
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics; Chant; Formula
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161993
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dongba and Daba chants represent two of the few oral traditions still surviving in the world. In both traditions, the main category of formulaic expressions consists of traditional noun-epithets describing spirits. Dongba and Daba spirits can be classified into five categories, of which the noun-epi...