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Nikolai Oshaev, Mazan Baatr
No full textWhen Mazan Baatr’s mother was pregnant with him, his father died in a war and his mother went to live with an old blind man. In his childhood Mazan Baatr was both ugly looking and uncoordinated. While others regarded him as a failure, the old blind man had high hopes saying that, ‘He (i.e. Mazan) should not be like this. Maybe his time has not come yet’. One day the boy Mazan went to a market and saw a man selling bows. He took a bow that even grown-ups could not handle and pulled it easily, amazing all the people around who witnessed it. Mazan grew up into a smart, skillful and powerful man who always beat his enemies. There are many legends about Mazan Baatr. A legend. On his way to a hunting ground Mazan Baatr sees a house belonging to a Cherkass family. When Mazan enters the house, the family welcomes him and offers food and drinks. As soon as Mazan starts chewing some fatty meat, a boy who was sitting there runs up to him and grabs him by the waist with such power that Mazan barely manages not to cry out in pain. This boy gradually grows up into a warrior called Ishtkin Dolatl. In order to get rid of this powerful Cherkass warrior, a council gives him a task to go and steal horses from Mazan Baatr in a hope that the latter would kill him. The next day Ishtkin Dolatl gallops up to Mazan Baatr’s house and shouts, ‘If you are man enough, tomorrow at noon come and fight with me’. Then he steals Mazan Baatr’s horses. The next day Mazan Baatr sets off to fight with the thief. While galloping towards his young enemy the elderly Mazan pretends to be looking at the sky. ‘Why is this stupid Kalmyk looking up? Does he not know that he is going to die?’ ponders the fully armored Cherkass warrior, and he also looks up to see what the Kalmyk is looking at. At this point Mazan Baatr pulls his bow and slashes his enemy’s unprotected neck
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Sanal Lidzhiev, About Mazan Baatr
No full textOne day while grazing his horses, Mazan Baatr decided to stop at the yurt of a Tatar family. He was welcomed by the Tatars who gave him food and tea. When he was eating meat on the bone, a 3-year old boy crawled to Mazan Baatr, grabbed the bone and squeezed it with such force that fat dripped from the cracks. Mazan Baatr thought to himself: ‘What will happen to him when he grows up? While he is still young I’d better get rid of him, for he will not leave me in peace’. Everything happened as he predicted. When the Tatar boy reached 18 he stole Mazan Baatr’s horses. To defend his name and honor, Mazan Baatr’s chased the thief. Upon catching him Mazan Baatr pretended to look at the skies at which point the Tatar also looked up wondering what the Kalmyk was looking at. Mazan Baatr stabbed the unprotected neck of the Tatar and killed him. In many folk stories Mazan Baatr is depicted as a smart and immortal hero who outsmarts his enemies
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Ubush Darzhinov, About Mazan Baatr
No full textMazan Baatr was the protector of the poor against the lords and Cossacks. He was a man of great power. He could cut a horse rider together with the horse into two with his sword. Mazan Baatr participated in wars against the Crimean Tatars, Turks and Cossacks. He died in mysterious circumstances and his corpse was never found
L'abbaye cistercienne de Mazan (Ardèche)
No full textSalet Francis. L'abbaye cistercienne de Mazan (Ardèche). In: Bulletin Monumental, tome 127, n°1, année 1969. pp. 41-42
What is reading literature today? Questionnaire
No full textQuestionnaireWhen asked about the most important book in his life-long reading experience, Bogdan
Mazan selects the Bible. When feeling blue, he chooses the collection This is the Day the
Lord Has Made: 365 Daily Meditations (Dziś jest dzień Pański. Rozważania na każdy dzień,
Polish translation by J. Iwaszkiewicz, Poznań 2000) by a Belgian Carmelite and Doctor
of Philosophy Wilfrid Stinissen or a book by Henri Brunel, The Smile of Buddha. Zen
Humor (transl. M. Pluta, Warsaw, 2004); when sad, he also reads Hašek’s Adventures of
Good Soldier Svejk. In hopelessly grim situations, the author recommends to read the
novel by Gottfried Burger The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen.Publikacja dofinansowana przez Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
L'abbaye cistercienne de Mazan (Ardèche)
No full textSalet Francis. L'abbaye cistercienne de Mazan (Ardèche). In: Bulletin Monumental, tome 127, n°1, année 1969. pp. 41-42
Mazan-l’Abbaye (Ardèche). Ancienne abbaye de Mazan
No full textL’abbaye cistercienne de Mazan se situe sur les plateaux du Haut-Vivarais, en Ardèche. Fondée entre 1119 et 1123 par des moines de Bonnevaux, l’abbaye se développe très rapidement et essaime à son tour, avec la fondation de filiales au Thoronet, à Sénanque et à Silvacane. Ayant survécu aux vicissitudes des guerres de Cent Ans et de Religion, qui ont entrainé entre autres une fortification du monastère, l’abbaye fut en grande partie détruite, malgré son classement au lendemain de la première g..
Entorno Hídrico Puerto Mazan- Río Napo
No full textUno de los principales problemas de los ríos de la amazonia peruana es su geodinámica externa, el rio Napo no es la excepción a este problema, en la zona de confluencia entre el rio Napo y el rio Mazan se encuentra el Puerto Mazan, en el entorno hídrico del Puerto Mazan se encontró la isla Flautero, que actuando a manera de partidor, dividra el flujo del rro Napo en dos cauces, el cauce de la margen izquierda presenta un meandro· que se pronuncia por la existencia de cortas agua arriba, este meandro a su vez contiene otra corta causante directo del proceso erosivo, que es incrementado además por una regulación natural de la isla frente al puerto, denominada isla Mazan, que sufre erosión. Este complejo hídrico analizado en su conjunto, demuestra la importancia de la isla para el Puerto Mazán. Paralelamente la presencia del río Mazán, en este entorno hídrico, contribuye con la limpieza automática, en crecidas, de los sólidos decantados en el puerto y de plantear una central hidroeléctrica derivando este flujo,. se le quita el desarenador al puerto, conllevando al puerto que este inoperante
A Historical Aspect of Mazan Baatar’s Biography
Get PDFWith evidence from Russian and Oirat primary sources as well as the oral tradition, the articles investigates the ancestry and clan history of Mazan Baatar and clears up some mistakes introduced by previous researchers. Apart from the fact that Mazan Baatar was actually a historical person, the statement found in some sources that his father’s name was Öljeitü is wrong: a number of texts written in the Clear Script testify that the latter’s name was Očir. Furthermore, Mazan Baatar was a relative of Ayuka Khan of the Torghuts. As reflected by Russian archival materials, he held the title ‘Prince’ and, thus, was a representative of the royal family of the Torghuts possessing a high social status in the Kalmyk Khanate. Members of the Erketen clan within the Volga Torghut Khanate were not mentioned as Mazan Baatar’s subjects but had been first attested in the time of his great-grandfather, Cecen Noyan, and might have existed even earlier. Taking part in numerous wars and battles, Mazan Baatar spread the fame of his clan and got it deeply ingrained in the memory of the Oirat people so that even in the time of his son Yaman the Erketen clan retained its independence. After Yaman’s death reported to have been Mazan Baatar’s most eminent son, the internal turmoil, disputes and struggle for leadership among the nobility of the Torghut Khanate - which was aggravated by Russia’s pressure - resulted in the fact that the Erketen clan was successively ruled by different nobles and, finally, became subject to Russia while some of its branches were absorbed by the diverse Kalmyk clans
Trickster Traits in the Folklore Image of Mazan-Batyr
Get PDFThis paper focuses on one aspect of the image of Mazan-batyr, a popular hero of Kalmyk folklore. Kalmyk tales represent Mazan as a cunning hero, able to trick his opponent instead of using strength and martial skills. The article examines Mazan as a Trickster and places the structure of legends and tales associated with Mazan-batyr against the context of the Trickster narrative. Mazan’s Trickster behavior is part of his meta-textual image; it manifests itself in his own actions, actions of other characters, and verbal descriptions given by storytellers. The tricks that often recur in the stories of Mazan are analyzed separately. The article analyzes these tricks on semantic level, compares them to each other as well as summarizes recurrent motifs. Finally, it draws parallels between the trickster actions of Mazan-batyr and similar episodes from different epic traditions. Attention is paid to typological parallels as well as direct overlaps between stories. The essay argues that the presence of the Trickster traits in folklore portrayal of Mazan-batyr may be explained by the influence of oral heroic poetry
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