Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore — Page 4
Chicago, January, 1915.
Chicago, Januar 1915.
Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore
Überlieferungen der Tinguian: Eine Studie über philippinische Volksüberlieferungen
Introduction
Einleitung
For the purposes of our study, the tales have been roughly divided into three parts.
Für die Zwecke unserer Studie wurden die Erzählungen grob in drei Teile aufgeteilt.
The first, which deals with the mythical period, contains thirty-one tales of similar type in which the characters are for the most part the same, although the last five tales do not properly fit into the cycle, and the concluding story of Indayo is evidently a recent account told in the form of the older relations.
Der erste Teil, der sich mit der mythischen Periode befasst, enthält einunddreißig Erzählungen ähnlichen Typs, in denen die Figuren größtenteils dieselben sind, obwohl die letzten fünf Erzählungen nicht wirklich in den Zyklus passen und die abschließende Geschichte von Indayo offensichtlich ein neuerer Bericht ist, der in der Form der älteren Überlieferungen erzählt wird.
In the second division are the ritualistic and explanatory myths, the object of which seems to be to account for the origin of or way of conducting various ceremonies; for the belief in certain spirits and sacred objects; for the existence of the sun, moon, and other natural phenomena; for the attainment of fire, food plants, birds and domestic animals, as well as of magical jars and beads.
Die zweite Abteilung umfasst die ritualistischen und erklärenden Mythen, deren Zweck es zu sein scheint, den Ursprung oder die Art der Durchführung verschiedener Zeremonien zu erklären; den Glauben an bestimmte Geister und heilige Gegenstände; die Existenz von Sonne, Mond und anderen Naturphänomenen; die Erlangung von Feuer, Nahrungspflanzen, Vögeln und Haustieren sowie von magischen Krügen und Perlen.
Here it should be noted that some of the most common and important beliefs and ceremonies are, so far as is known, unaccompanied by any tales, yet are known to all the population, and are preserved almost without change from generation to generation.
Hier ist anzumerken, dass einige der verbreitetsten und bedeutendsten Glaubensvorstellungen und Zeremonien, soweit bekannt, von keinerlei Erzählungen begleitet werden, jedoch der gesamten Bevölkerung bekannt sind und nahezu unverändert von Generation zu Generation weitergegeben werden.
Division three contains the ordinary stories with which parents amuse their children or with which men and women while away the midday hours as they lounge in the field houses, or when they stop on the trail to rest and smoke.
Die dritte Abteilung enthält die gewöhnlichen Geschichten, mit denen Eltern ihre Kinder unterhalten oder mit denen Männer und Frauen die Mittagsstunden vertreiben, während sie in den Feldhütten faulenzen oder wenn sie auf dem Weg anhalten, um sich auszuruhen und zu rauchen.
Vocabulary
- Januar
- First month of the year
- Überlieferungen
- Traditions or lore passed down through generations
- der
- Definite article for masculine or genitive nouns
- Eine
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one'
- Studie
- Scholarly study or academic investigation of a topic
- über
- Preposition meaning 'about' or 'over'
- Volksüberlieferungen
- Folk traditions or folklore passed through generations
- Einleitung
- Introduction or opening section of a text
- Für
- Preposition meaning 'for'
- die
- Definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Zwecke
- Purposes or goals of an action or study
- unserer
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'our' in genitive form
- wurden
- Past passive auxiliary meaning 'were'
- Erzählungen
- Narratives or stories told orally or in writing
- grob
- Roughly or coarsely, in a general sense
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- drei
- The number three
- Teile
- Parts or sections of a whole
- aufgeteilt
- Divided or split into separate sections
- Der
- Definite article for masculine nominative nouns
- erste
- Adjective meaning 'first' in a sequence
- Teil
- Part or section of a larger whole
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'itself' or 'oneself'
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- mythischen
- Adjective relating to myths or mythology
- Periode
- A defined span or era of time
- befasst
- Deals with or concerns itself with a topic
- enthält
- Contains or includes something within a set
- einunddreißig
- The number thirty-one
- ähnlichen
- Adjective meaning 'similar' in inflected form
- Typs
- Of a type or kind, genitive form
- denen
- Relative pronoun meaning 'in which' or 'those'
- Figuren
- Characters or figures appearing in a narrative
- größtenteils
- Mostly or for the most part
- dieselben
- The same ones, referring to identical elements
- sind
- Third person plural present form of 'to be'
- obwohl
- Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'
- letzten
- Adjective meaning 'last' in inflected form
- fünf
- The number five
- nicht
- Negation word meaning 'not'
- wirklich
- Adverb meaning 'really' or 'truly'
- den
- Definite article in accusative or dative case
- Zyklus
- A cycle or series of related narratives
- passen
- To fit or belong to something appropriately
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- abschließende
- Adjective meaning 'concluding' or 'final'
- Geschichte
- A story, tale, or historical account
- von
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- offensichtlich
- Adverb meaning 'obviously' or 'evidently'
- ein
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one'
- neuerer
- Adjective meaning 'newer' or 'more recent'
- Bericht
- A report or account of events or findings
- ist
- Third person singular present form of 'to be'
- Form
- Form or shape in which something is presented
- älteren
- Adjective meaning 'older' in inflected form
- erzählt
- Narrated or told, past participle of erzählen
- wird
- Third person singular present of 'to become' or passive
- Die
- Definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- zweite
- Adjective meaning 'second' in a sequence
- Abteilung
- Division, section, or department of a larger unit
- umfasst
- Comprises or encompasses a range of elements
- ritualistischen
- Adjective relating to rituals or ceremonial practices
- erklärenden
- Adjective meaning 'explanatory' in inflected form
- Mythen
- Myths or mythological stories of a culture
- deren
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whose' or 'of which'
- Zweck
- Purpose or aim of something
- es
- Personal pronoun meaning 'it'
- zu
- Preposition or particle meaning 'to'
- sein
- Infinitive of 'to be' or possessive pronoun 'his'
- scheint
- Seems or appears to be something
- Ursprung
- Origin or source of something
- oder
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- Art
- Type, kind, or manner of something
- Durchführung
- Execution or carrying out of an action or plan
- verschiedener
- Adjective meaning 'various' in genitive form
- Zeremonien
- Ceremonies or formal rituals of cultural significance
- erklären
- To explain or clarify something
- Glauben
- Belief or faith in something or someone
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'
- bestimmte
- Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'specific'
- Geister
- Spirits or ghosts in folklore or belief systems
- heilige
- Adjective meaning 'holy' or 'sacred'
- Gegenstände
- Objects or items, especially of cultural significance
- Existenz
- Existence or presence of something or someone
- Sonne
- The sun as a celestial body
- Mond
- The moon as a celestial body
- anderen
- Adjective meaning 'other' in inflected form
- Naturphänomenen
- Natural phenomena observed in the physical world
- Erlangung
- Attainment or acquisition of something desired
- Feuer
- Fire as an element or phenomenon
- Nahrungspflanzen
- Food plants cultivated or gathered for eating
- Vögeln
- Birds, in dative plural form
- Haustieren
- Domestic animals kept in or near a home
- sowie
- Conjunction meaning 'as well as' or 'and also'
- magischen
- Adjective meaning 'magical' in inflected form
- Krügen
- Jugs or jars, in dative plural form
- Perlen
- Pearls or beads used as ornaments
- Hier
- Adverb meaning 'here' indicating a specific place
- anzumerken
- To note or point out something worth mentioning
- dass
- Conjunction meaning 'that' introducing a subordinate clause
- einige
- Pronoun or adjective meaning 'some' or 'several'
- verbreitetsten
- Most widespread or most commonly held, superlative form
- bedeutendsten
- Most significant or most important, superlative form
- Glaubensvorstellungen
- Religious or cultural belief concepts held by a group
- soweit
- Adverb meaning 'as far as' or 'to the extent'
- bekannt
- Known or familiar to people generally
- keinerlei
- No kind of; denying any type of something
- begleitet
- Accompanied or followed by something else
- werden
- Auxiliary verb meaning 'to become' or forming passive
- jedoch
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'however' or 'yet'
- gesamten
- Adjective meaning 'entire' or 'whole' in inflected form
- Bevölkerung
- Population or inhabitants of a region or country
- nahezu
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'
- unverändert
- Unchanged or unaltered over time
- Generation
- A generation of people sharing a time period
- weitergegeben
- Passed on or handed down to others
- dritte
- Adjective meaning 'third' in a sequence
- gewöhnlichen
- Adjective meaning 'ordinary' or 'common' inflected form
- Geschichten
- Stories or tales told for entertainment
- Eltern
- Parents, referring to one's mother and father
- ihre
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'her'
- Kinder
- Children, referring to young people or offspring
- unterhalten
- To entertain or amuse someone with stories
- Männer
- Men, plural of Mann
- Frauen
- Women, plural of Frau
- Mittagsstunden
- Midday hours or noon hours of the day
- vertreiben
- To pass time or drive away boredom
- während
- Conjunction or preposition meaning 'while' or 'during'
- sie
- Personal pronoun meaning 'they', 'she', or 'you'
- Feldhütten
- Field huts or shelters used by farm workers
- faulenzen
- To laze or lounge around doing nothing
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if'
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'onto', or 'upon'
- dem
- Definite article in dative case for masculine or neuter
- Weg
- Path, road, or way to a destination
- anhalten
- To stop or pause during a journey
- um
- Preposition meaning 'around' or 'in order to'
- auszuruhen
- To rest or take a break from activity
- rauchen
- To smoke, as in smoking tobacco or a pipe
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