Adolf Dirr

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Adolf Dirr

Adolf Dirr (born December 17, 1867 in Augsburg ; † April 9, 1930 in Passau ) was a German philologist , linguist , ethnologist and Caucasus researcher .

life and work

His place of work was Tbilisi in Georgia . From 1913 until his death he was a curator at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Munich . During the First World War in 1918 he was a member of the German Caucasus Troops under General Kress von Kressenstein in Georgia. He made pioneering work in the field of Caucasian language research .

Caucasian fairy tale

His most popular work is his Caucasian tales titled translations of folk poetry of the Abkhazians , Aghulen , Artschiner , Avars , Hürkaner , Imereter , Kabarda , Karat Schiner , Mingrelians , sheets ( "Ghazikumuch") Kumüken , Küriner , Ossetians , Swaneten , Tabassaraner , deeds , Chechens , Uden and Zachuren , who were included in the collection The fairy tales of world literature . In 98 people are seals of the Caucasus -Nations presented: fairy tales , animal fables , Nartensagen , Rustamsagen , Prometheussagen , Polyphemsagen , legends of Solomon the Wise , legends of Alexander the Great , pranks , Schildbürger pranks , of Mullah Nasreddin .

Publications

  • Grammatica Udinskago jazyka. Tbilisi 1903.
  • Grammatičeskij očerk tabassaranskago jazyka s tekstami, sbornikom tabassaranskich slov i russkim k nemu ukazatelem. Tbilisi 1905.
  • Caucasian fairy tale. Diederichs, Jena 1920 ( The fairy tales of world literature. )
  • Introduction to the study of the Caucasian languages. With a language card. Asia Major, Leipzig 1928 (reprint Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat 1978).
  • Caucasian peoples. Georgian chants. In: Chants of Russian prisoners of war. Volume 3, Dept. 1, 1928.

literature

  • Bruno Öhrig: Adolf Dirr (1867–1930). A Caucasus researcher at the Munich Ethnographic Museum. In: Munich contributions to ethnology. 6, 2000, pp. 199-234.

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personal data
SURNAME Dirr, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, linguist, ethnologist and Caucasus researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1930
Place of death Passau