Alha-Khand

Alha-Khand
Ạlha-Khand
 
[Hindi »episches Teilstück über (den Helden) Alha«] der, jahrhundertelang mündlich überliefertes volkstümliches indisches Heldenlied (englisch The lay of Alha), das den Titelhelden Alha und seinen Bruder Udal (auch Udan, Rudan) besingt, ursprünglich wohl Teil einer größeren Dichtung. Der Alha-Khand beschreibt Kampfesmut und Ritterehre, enthält aber auch märchenhafte Einschübe; er wird heute noch in nordindischen Dörfern von Volkssängern vorgetragen.

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