Over on my Substack, I’ve just posting about the next song on my author list, Black Thunder by The Hu — essentially, today, you can learn about Mongolian history through the miracle of Folk Metal.
Now, Genghis Khan is probably history’s most famous Mongol. To the point that he’s probably the only Mongol most English speakers can even name. Unsurprisingly, the Hu has several songs in praise of Genghis Khan.
However, the song I want to focus on today is, instead, about Galdan Boshigt Khan, one of the last major Western Mongol leaders before the Qing Dynasty‘s conquest.
That song is Black Thunder. I haven’t found a source more reliable than an off-hand mention on Wikipedia and Tv Tropes, but the song is apparently based on a historical poem either about or by Galdan Boshigt Khan.
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