Mongol Oral Narratives

CONTENTS

ORIGINS
•  Origin of Man
•  Why Man Has No Hair
•  Why There Are More Chinese Than Mongols
•  Creation of The Earth
•  Where Wind Comes From
•  Origin of Ursa Major
•  Origin of Eclipses
•  Origin of Deities
•  Why the Dragon King Lives in Water
•  Origin of Kokonor (Qinghai Lake)
•  The Twelve Animal Years
•  Origin of The Horse-Head Fiddle

GENERAL
•  The Orphan White Young Camel
•  Three Brothers
•  Granny Mide' s Little Goat Kid
•  The Strong Yellow Horse
•  Tiger Girl
•  The Butter-Stealing Buddha

MONSTERS. GHOSTS, and DEMONS
•  Seven Brothers
•  Defeating a Monster
•  The Man-Eating Ghost

LAMAS
• The Lama's Disgrace
• Kowtowing to a Dog
• On the Road to Lhasa
• The Unyielding Novice
• Debating Philosophic Theory
• The Lama's Table
• The Lamas and the Drums
•  The Deaf Lama

HUMOR
•  Weakening  the Enemy
•  The Invocation
•  Six Feet are Faster
•  The Wise Blind Man
•  Combing  Hair
•  The Proud  Story-Teller
•  The Iron
•  Two Sons
•  Official  and Servant
•  What Did You Do?
•  Two Thieves
•  Mother  and Son
• . The Official's   and Servant's   Sons
•  The Official's   Son

GESER KHAN
•  The Sun Stake
•  The Sacred Mountain
•  The Black  Stone Camel

SHAGDER:    FOLK  HERO
•  The Official Gets Cleaned
•  Killing Lice
•  Whose Homeland Is It?
•  TheHom
•  Shagder Lectures the Merchants
•  A Fat Man's Distresses
•  Naming the Lord's Son
•  A New Pair of Boots
•  The Blue Hat
•  Lecturing the Lamas

BALGANSANG   THE TRICKSTER
•  Balgansang and the Boots
•  Balgansang and the Pot
•  Leaving Without Taking the Dirty Meat
•  Special Food Needs a Special Pot
•  The Prior Breaks His Jade Pitcher
•  The Magical Horse
•  Two Cats
•  The Official Dismounts
•  Agdanga Zangy
•  The Mole Mound
•  Balgansang and the Wedding
•  One Fine Day
•  Balgansang's Practical Joke
•  Garlic and Lust

FABLES
•  The White Hare and the Fox
•  The Lion and the Fox
•  The Crow, Hedgehog, and Fox
•  The Fox, Hedgehog, and Wolf
.'    The Wolf Rides the Bull
•  The Wolf and the Crane
•  Planting Thoms
•  A Thousand Headed Snake
•  A Herd of Oxen Defeats the Wolves
•  Three Oxen
•  The Golden Ring
•  Four Animal Friends
•  Seven Mice
•  Two Goats Cross a Bridge
•  The Mouse and the Khan's Elephant
•  Why the Horsefly Can't Talk
•  Mr. Billy Goat
•  The Lion and the Goat
•  The Camel and the Goat
•  The Donkey Frightens the Tiger
• Three Crows
• The King Examines His Sons
• The Cat and the Dog
• The Hare That Drank Wine
• The Pigeon and the Sparrow
• The Kite and the Chicken
• The Knife
• The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
• Two Goats and Forty Wolves
• The Elephant and the Mouse

Selections presented herein were mostly translated from  written accounts. Several, however, such as the  'naughty' Balgansang stories, were collected by the Editor.