La Religion des Turcs et des Mongols, Jean-Paul Roux's 1984 study from Payot, is a standard scholarly French language reference on the pre-conversion religion of the Turkic and Mongolic peoples by a leading French scholar of Central Asian religious history, with direct command of the Orkhon inscriptions recording Tengri, Umai and the powers of earth and water. Its strength is that direct primary source command. Its limit is that it is written in French, limiting direct accessibility for readers without the language, and as with any single scholar's synthesis, it should be read alongside independent studies of the same primary inscriptions for corroboration.
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Jean-Paul Roux's La Religion des Turcs et des Mongols, Payot, 1984, the top tier reflecting a standard scholarly reference by a leading French scholar of Central Asian religious history with direct command of the Orkhon inscriptions. Its limit is that it is written in French, limiting direct accessibility, and as with any single scholar's synthesis, it should be read alongside independent studies of the same primary inscriptions. NotesFrench language. A standard scholarly reference on the pre-conversion religion of the Turkic and Mongolic peoples by a leading French scholar of Central Asian religious history, covering Tengri, Umai and the powers of earth and water the Orkhon inscriptions record, independent of Golden's history and Laruelle's study of the modern revival, both already live sources here.
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AuthorJean-Paul Roux
PublisherPayot
Publication Year1984
URLhttps://www.persee.fr/doc/assr_0335-5985_1984_num_57_2_2322_t1_0272_0000_4
Source TypeScholarly work
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This source names Mongols directly: "La Religion des Turcs et des Mongols, Jean-Paul Roux's 1984 study from Payot, is a standard scholarly French language reference on the pre-conversion religion of the Turkic and Mongolic peoples by a..."
This source names Tengri directly: "of the Orkhon inscriptions recording Tengri, Umai and the powers of earth and water."
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- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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