Tibetan Elements in Dongba and Daba Spirits’ Names
Dongbaism and Dabaism are indigenous religions of the Moso people, who live on the cultural border between Han and Tibetan traditions in Southwest China. Besides their original cultural foundations, it is possible to notice Tibetan elements introduced into Dongbaism and Dabaism. The present study ai...
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| description | Dongbaism and Dabaism are indigenous religions of the Moso people, who live on the cultural border between Han and Tibetan traditions in Southwest China. Besides their original cultural foundations, it is possible to notice Tibetan elements introduced into Dongbaism and Dabaism. The present study aims at an etymological analysis of the names of five representative symbols of Dongba and Daba doctrines, including: Tonpa Shenrab, Yung-Drung, Purzzee Samei, Haishee Bamei, and Garuda. Through the analysis of morphological structures, the author explains the assimilation of Tibetan linguistic elements in Dongba and Daba cultures and depicts the differences between the two branches of the Moso people’s religious traditions. Through an etymological interpretation of some local spirits’ names, the present research reconstructs the roots of local folklore beliefs in the light of a broader context. This philological work unveils the origin of the figures of mythical deities – and of their names – believed by local people to be the first Dongba/Daba priests from the Bon religion and suggests the possibility of a pan-ethnic belief in more remote times. This research also analyses the multiple linguistic layers in the different forms for Garuda, which reveal their ancestral links to the extinct Zhang-Zhung civilization. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1599992025-05-20T08:36:04Z Tibetan Elements in Dongba and Daba Spirits’ Names Xu, Duoduo Tonpa Shenrab Yung-Drung Shaman Haishee Bamei Garuda thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics Dongbaism and Dabaism are indigenous religions of the Moso people, who live on the cultural border between Han and Tibetan traditions in Southwest China. Besides their original cultural foundations, it is possible to notice Tibetan elements introduced into Dongbaism and Dabaism. The present study aims at an etymological analysis of the names of five representative symbols of Dongba and Daba doctrines, including: Tonpa Shenrab, Yung-Drung, Purzzee Samei, Haishee Bamei, and Garuda. Through the analysis of morphological structures, the author explains the assimilation of Tibetan linguistic elements in Dongba and Daba cultures and depicts the differences between the two branches of the Moso people’s religious traditions. Through an etymological interpretation of some local spirits’ names, the present research reconstructs the roots of local folklore beliefs in the light of a broader context. This philological work unveils the origin of the figures of mythical deities – and of their names – believed by local people to be the first Dongba/Daba priests from the Bon religion and suggests the possibility of a pan-ethnic belief in more remote times. This research also analyses the multiple linguistic layers in the different forms for Garuda, which reveal their ancestral links to the extinct Zhang-Zhung civilization. Published 2025-05-20T08:36:02Z 2025-05-20T08:36:02Z 2023-12-18 chapter 9788323374787 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159999 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://wuj.pl/en/book/onomastics-in-interaction-with-other-branches-of-science-volume-3 https://wuj.pl/tibetan-elements-in-dongba-and-daba-spirits-names Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego 10.4467/K7478.47/22.23.17746 10.4467/K7478.47/22.23.17746 b56389e6-bd6e-43b9-abc7-9af91c5afc6b 9788323374787 413-429 open access |
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| title | Tibetan Elements in Dongba and Daba Spirits’ Names |
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| topic | Tonpa Shenrab Yung-Drung Shaman Haishee Bamei Garuda thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics |
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