tusu-sinotcha (English spelling) tususinotcha

Japanese: tusu-sinotcha（英語表記）tususinotcha

… [Kano Hondo]
【literature】
In a broad sense, it also includes folk songs, but what is generally called Ainu literature belongs to narrative literature in the field of oral literature and can be broadly divided into "sung things" and "told things." These are the result of oracles from the time when shamanism was alive in Ainu society, which became tusu-sinotcha (songs of shamans), developed into yukar (music and lyrics), and then developed into spoken literature. Since they are based on divine oracles, many of them are told in the first person, such as "I am... I am..."...

From [Yukara]

...The original meaning of yukar is "to imitate," but it came to mean telling a story, and it also became a general term for lyrics and music (referring to the Ainu oral literature "Utawarerumono"). It is said that the words of oracles from the time when shamanism was alive in Ainu society became tusu-sinotcha, a shaman song, and developed into yukar. Since it originated from the oracles of the gods, it is originally spoken in the first person, such as "I am... I am..." ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tusu-sinotcha" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【河野本道】
【文学】
　広義には歌謡も含まれるが，一般にアイヌの文学といわれているものは，口承文芸の中の叙事文学に属し，〈うたわれるもの〉と〈語られるもの〉に大別できる。これらはアイヌの社会にシャマニズムが生きていた頃の託宣の言葉がトゥス･シノッチャtusu‐sinotcha(巫謡)となり，ユーカラyukar(詞曲)へと発達し，さらに語られる文学へと発展したものである。神の託宣を母体とするので，〈私は……私は……〉と，第一人称説述体で語られるものが多い。…

【ユーカラ】より

…yukarの原意は〈まねる〉だが，体験を物語る意味になり，詞曲(アイヌの口承文芸のうちの〈うたわれるもの〉を指す)の総称にもなった。アイヌの社会にシャマニズムが生きていた頃の託宣の言葉が巫謡tusu‐sinotchaとなり，ユーカラへと発達したとされている。神の託宣が母体だから，本来は〈私は……私は……〉というように，一人称で語られる。…

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