| Description |
xxxii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer -- Chosen by the Spirits / Vladimir N. Basilov -- Shamans and Their Religious Practices: from Shamanism Among the Turkic Peoples of Siberia / Nikolai A. Alekseev -- Tuvan Shamanic Folklore / Mongush B. Kenin-Lopsan -- Healing Techniques Among Even Shamans / Anatoly Alekseev -- The Teleut Ritual Chymyr: Exorcism and Explanation / Dmitri A. Funk -- The Archaic Epic and Its Relationship to Ritual: from Ritual and Folklore in Siberian Shamanism / Elena S. Novik -- The Evenk Alga Ritual of Blessing: Matriona Kurbeltinova in Action / Nadezhda Ia. Bulatova |
| Summary |
The ancient heartland of shamanism is no longer forbidden territory - to travelers or to the spirits. But the spirits never left the vastnesses of Siberia and Central Asia, as these writings reveal. Russian and native experts, and an American cultural anthropologist who has done fieldwork in the region, introduce us to shamans as the poets, therapists, healers, and even leaders of their communities. Among the special features of this collection are remarkable transcriptions of shamanic exhortations and a pathbreaking study of shamanic tales and rituals |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : M.E. Sharpe, 1990 |
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Revised and expanded version of: Shamainism, Soviet studies of traditional religion in Siberia and Central Asia. New York : M.E. Sharpe, 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) |
| Subject |
Buriats -- Social life and customs.
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Folklore -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
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Rites and ceremonies -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
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Shamanism -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
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Turkic peoples -- Religion.
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| SUBJECT |
Siberia (Russia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122201 -- Religious life and customs.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007603
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| Author |
Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam.
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| LC no. |
96028497 |
| ISBN |
1563249731 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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