Through Dialogue with Contemporary Yakut Shamans: How They Revive Their Worldview
In this article I indicate the revitalization of Yakut worldview based on dialogues with contemporary shamans in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in 1994. Dualistic views of the world are emerging: the real and the spiritual worlds, and the separate concepts of good and evil spiritual beings. Also, t...
| Published in: | Anthropology of Consciousness |
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1996
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ac.1996.7.3.1 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Fac.1996.7.3.1 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/ac.1996.7.3.1 |
| Summary: | In this article I indicate the revitalization of Yakut worldview based on dialogues with contemporary shamans in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in 1994. Dualistic views of the world are emerging: the real and the spiritual worlds, and the separate concepts of good and evil spiritual beings. Also, the relation between man and spiritual beings has become idealized as a symbiotic relation between man and nature. This new animistic idea has resulted in suggesting the spiritual equality between human beings and nature and cyclic movements between the two. |
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