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Đam San
Đăm Săn (in Ê Đê: ''Klei Khan Y Dam San''; in Vietnamese: ''Trường ca Đam San'')(klei khan: epic, Y: middle name of Ede people for male, literally: The Great Epic of Sir Dam San) is a famous seven-chapter epic of the Ede people of Vietnam's Central Highlands. It is about the heroic E De chieftain Dam San.Sabatier, Leopold. La Chanson de Dam san he folk song of Dam San Paris: Leblanc et Trautmann, 1927. Content As of Chuê nuê custom (literally meaning "tying strings", in which the widow must marry her deceased spouse's blood-linked male. This is a custom typical of matriarchal systems), Đam San was forced to marry Hnhí and Hbhí who were sisters with each other. However, he refused to comply. To punish him, the chieftain tapped on Đam San's head 7 times with his smoking pipe, killing him immediately. After the chieftain brought Đam San back to life, Đam San had to follow the tradition and married the two sisters. He defeated two powerful chieftains, Mtao Grư (Eagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Poetry
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. Etymology The English word ''epic'' comes from Latin ''epicus'', which itself comes from the Ancient Greek adjective (''epikos''), from (''epos''), "word, story, poem." In ancient Greek, 'epic' could refer to all poetry in dactylic hexameter (''epea''), which included not only Homer but also the wisdom poetry of Hesiod, the utterances of the Delphic oracle, and the strange theological verses attributed to Orpheus. Later tradition, however, has restricted the term 'epic' to ''heroic epic'', as described in this article. Overview Originating before the invention of writing, primary epics, such as those of Homer, were composed by bards who used complex rhetorical and metrical schemes by which they could memorize the epic as received i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
