ISBN:
9785397017091
,
5397017094
Language:
Russian
Pages:
115 S
,
27 cm
Edition:
Izd. 2.; [Nachdr. d. Ausg.] Moskva, 1892
Series Statement:
Akademija fundamentalʹnych issledovanij
Series Statement:
AFI
Series Statement:
Ėtnologija
Series Statement:
Naučnaja i učebnaja literaura
Keywords:
Shamans
;
Shamanism
;
Shamans
;
Shamanism
;
Schamanismus
;
Russland
;
Sibirien
;
Schamanismus
Abstract:
Google translation of book abstract: "Proposed book reader of Russian ethnographer, historian and educator Michael V. (1846-1904) represents a first attempt to consider shamanism in its distribution in different areas of the globe. The author compares shamanistic traditions and customs of different nations, are a variety of information, stories from the life of the shamans, the legends about their unusual abilities. The book contains two essays. In the first study worldview 'uncivilized people' - shamans: study their ideas about the soul and its relationship with the body, the causes of illness and death, the afterlife and its impact on the living dead, described the views of the wild peoples of sleep, syncope, seizures ; consider ancestor worship, the worship of animals and fetishism. In the second essay presents material on shamanism in various ethnic groups in Siberia and European Russia - Tungus, Yakut, Chukchi, Koryak, Mongolia, Buryatia, Altai, Lapps and others. Compare their rituals and sacrifices, divination and spells, tricks, diseases, clothing and tools, addresses the situation of the shamans among the tribesmen in different nations. The book will be of interest not only to specialists - historians, ethnographers, cultural scientists, but also to a wider audience"--P. [ii.]
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
In kyrill. Schr.
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