Abstract

ACEVES, Bertha. Nature and Origin of Demons in Tibetan Epic of Gesar of Ling. Acta poét [online]. 2012, vol.33, n.2, pp.181-208. ISSN 2448-735X.

The epic poem of the Tibetan hero Gesar of Ling is born of oral tradition, then it is written in various languages, and their oral interpretations, in Tibet, persist until our days. The conflict that it unleashes the actions in the story is the confrontation of the hero against the demonic beings, which plague and subjugates the Tibetan people. The categories of demons in the west differ from the nature of the demons in the Tibetan Buddhism. The subjugation of the demons by Gesar of Ling, which is made in the poem, is one of the objectives of Buddhism in its arrival to Tibet.

Keywords : Gesar of Ling; tibetan epic; demons.

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