The gluttons of eastern Siberia. Spirits, poachers, and cannibals in Evenki perceptions

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Brandišauskas, Donatas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Evenki; reindeer herding; hunting; Transbaikal region; Buryatia; narrative; spirits; monsters; cannibalism; morality; Siberia
• Online Access: http://vu.lvb.lt/VU:ELABAPDB33775794&prefLang=en_US

In this article, I intend to show how the sociocultural changes that occurred during the Soviet period as well as current challenges are creatively reflected and incorporated into Evenki cosmology. Various malevolent beings to whom gluttony and, in some cases, anthropophagi have existed in Evenki co...