Studies on shamanism /

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Author / Creator:Siikala, Anna-Leena
Imprint:Helsinki : Finnish Anthropological Society ; Budapest : Akadémiai Kiadó, 1992.
Description:230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Ethnologica uralica 2
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1466124
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Other authors / contributors:Hoppál, Mihály
ISBN:9630563975
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Anna-Leena Siikala
  • Acknowledgments / Mihaly Hoppal
  • Siberian and Inner Asian Shamanism
  • The Interpretation of Siberian and Central Asian Shamanism
  • The Siberian Shaman's Technique of Ecstasy
  • Two Types of Shamanizing and Categories of Shamanic Songs
  • Finnish Rock Art, Animal Ceremonialism and Shamanic Worldview
  • Singing of Incantation in Nordic Tradition
  • Shamanic Themes in Finnish Epic Poetry
  • Shamanic Knowledge and Mythical Images
  • Shamanism: An Archaic and/or Recent System of Beliefs
  • On the Origin of Shamanism and the Siberian Rock Art
  • Pain in Shamanic Initiation
  • Traces of Shamanism in Hungarian Folk Beliefs
  • The Role of Shamanism in Hungarian Ethnic Identity
  • Changing Image of the Eurasian Shamanism
  • Ethnographic Films on Shamanism
  • Urban Shamans: A Cultural Revival.