The avatars of the Yakut horse

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Ferret, Carole
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: horse; animal husbandry; representations; mammoth; pig; reindeer; camel; cow; Yakut; Sakha; Siberia; cheval; élevage; représentations; mammouth; porc; renne; chameau; bovin; Iakoute; Sibérie; [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology; Renne; Chameau; iakoute
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01449804; https://hal.science/hal-01449804/document; https://hal.science/hal-01449804/file/Ferret%202010c.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.1675

International audience Comparing practises with representations, this paper attempts to distinguish fact from fiction among the discourses about the Yakut horse, an extraordinary animal, considered as more deserving of respect than other species (mammoths, pigs, sheep, camels, reindeer and cows) for...