Saglar (Saga) Bougdaeva was born and raised in Kalmykia. Central to Bougdaeva’s work as a scholar of the Eurasian studies is a commitment to identifying and preserving the nomadic oral and written heritage of the Great Eurasian Steppe. Before receiving a PhD in Sociology from Yale University, Bougdaeva studied Mongolian-Tibetan-Mandarin linguistics at Saint Petersburg State University.

"Bougdaeva produces a lively, readable text that mimics the compactness and rapidity of the Kalmyk line."

• ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction JANGARPrologue Cycle 1. How Shaman Golden Heart Joined Jangar’s KhanateCycle 2. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Got Married Cycle 3. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Fought with Mighty Hero Jilgan Khan Cycle 4. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Defeated Khan Iron Head Mangna Cycle 5. How Alya Monkhlya Stole Great Khan Jangar’s Eighteen Thousand Golden PalominosCycle 6. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Stole Ten Thousand Pintos from Turk Khan Cycle 7. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Captured Mighty Kurmen KhanCycle 8. How Serious Sanal Defeated the Country of Half-Human Giants Cycle 9. How Savar Heavy Arm Defeated Kilgan KhanCycle 10. How Three Sons Captured Mighty Badmin UlanGlossary

Saglar (Saga) Bougdaeva was born and raised in Kalmykia. Central to Bougdaeva’s work as a scholar of the Eurasian studies is a commitment to identifying and preserving the nomadic oral and written heritage of the Great Eurasian Steppe. Before receiving a PhD in Sociology from Yale University, Bougdaeva studied Mongolian-Tibetan-Mandarin linguistics at Saint Petersburg State University.

"Bougdaeva produces a lively, readable text that mimics the compactness and rapidity of the Kalmyk line."

• ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction JANGARPrologue Cycle 1. How Shaman Golden Heart Joined Jangar’s KhanateCycle 2. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Got Married Cycle 3. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Fought with Mighty Hero Jilgan Khan Cycle 4. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Defeated Khan Iron Head Mangna Cycle 5. How Alya Monkhlya Stole Great Khan Jangar’s Eighteen Thousand Golden PalominosCycle 6. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Stole Ten Thousand Pintos from Turk Khan Cycle 7. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Captured Mighty Kurmen KhanCycle 8. How Serious Sanal Defeated the Country of Half-Human Giants Cycle 9. How Savar Heavy Arm Defeated Kilgan KhanCycle 10. How Three Sons Captured Mighty Badmin UlanGlossary

Saglar (Saga) Bougdaeva was born and raised in Kalmykia. Central to Bougdaeva’s work as a scholar of the Eurasian studies is a commitment to identifying and preserving the nomadic oral and written heritage of the Great Eurasian Steppe. Before receiving a PhD in Sociology from Yale University, Bougdaeva studied Mongolian-Tibetan-Mandarin linguistics at Saint Petersburg State University.

"Bougdaeva produces a lively, readable text that mimics the compactness and rapidity of the Kalmyk line."

• ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction JANGARPrologue Cycle 1. How Shaman Golden Heart Joined Jangar’s KhanateCycle 2. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Got Married Cycle 3. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Fought with Mighty Hero Jilgan Khan Cycle 4. How Scarlet Lion Khongor Defeated Khan Iron Head Mangna Cycle 5. How Alya Monkhlya Stole Great Khan Jangar’s Eighteen Thousand Golden PalominosCycle 6. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Stole Ten Thousand Pintos from Turk Khan Cycle 7. How Mingian, the Finest Man in the Universe, Captured Mighty Kurmen KhanCycle 8. How Serious Sanal Defeated the Country of Half-Human Giants Cycle 9. How Savar Heavy Arm Defeated Kilgan KhanCycle 10. How Three Sons Captured Mighty Badmin UlanGlossary