TABOOS RELATED TO FOOD CULTURE AT THE 13TH –14TH-CENTURY MONGOLS
TABOOS RELATED TO FOOD CULTURE AT THE 13TH –14TH-CENTURY MONGOLS
Author(s): Kisun Kim, Sungyoung Lee, Jongoh LeeSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Studies of Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: taboo expressions; Mongolian food culture; Plano Carpini; Marco Polo; Chinggis Khan; Rashid ad-Din; mediaeval literature;
Summary/Abstract: This article reviews the characteristics of terms used by the Mongols to express taboos concerning food and examines their food-related culture based on sources from the Mongolian Empire (Plano Carpini’s Historia Mongalorum, Marco Polo’s Il milione, Chinggis Khan’s Yeke Jasag, Rashīd adDīn’s Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh, and the Yuan Dynasty’s 飮食須知 Yin shi xu zhi). The Mongols left behind fairly strict food-related taboos in the form of eating habits. To better understand Mongolia’s food-related taboo expressions, we have examined five mediaeval sources written in various languages in which diverse food taboos are recorded.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 68/2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 293-302
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
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