Animals in Saami Shamanism: Power Animals, Symbols of Art, and Offerings
In this paper, we study the role of power animals in contemporary Saami shamanism and how past and present are entwined in the presentation of power animals. In the old Saami worldviews, in addition to animals, spirits and sacred rocks (sieidi, SaaN) were also considered to be able to interact with...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2077-1444/12/4/256/ 2023-08-20T04:08:45+02:00 Animals in Saami Shamanism: Power Animals, Symbols of Art, and Offerings Tiina Äikäs Trude Fonneland 2021-04-07 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12040256 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Religions and Humanities/Philosophies https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12040256 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Religions; Volume 12; Issue 4; Pages: 256 Saami shamanism animals power animals ritual creativity Isogaisa Text 2021 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12040256 2023-08-01T01:26:46Z In this paper, we study the role of power animals in contemporary Saami shamanism and how past and present are entwined in the presentation of power animals. In the old Saami worldviews, in addition to animals, spirits and sacred rocks (sieidi, SaaN) were also considered to be able to interact with people. Animals were an important part of offering rituals because livelihood and rituals were intertwined. Past “religions” are used as an inspiration for contemporary shamanistic practices, in line with one of late modernity’s core concepts, namely creativity. Present-day shamanistic practices can be described as ritual creativity, and they combine traces of old and new ritual activities. At the shamanistic festival Isogaisa, organized in northern Norway, these different roles of animals and ritual creativity become evident. Here, animals appear as spirit animals, as well as decorative elements on drums and clothes and as performance. In this paper, we combine material culture studies, interview data, and participatory observations in order to reflect the meanings and use of power animals in contemporary spiritual practices. How are traces of the past used in creating contemporary spirituality? How are animals and their artistic presentations entangled in contemporary shamanism? Text Northern Norway saami MDPI Open Access Publishing Norway Religions 12 4 256 |
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In this paper, we study the role of power animals in contemporary Saami shamanism and how past and present are entwined in the presentation of power animals. In the old Saami worldviews, in addition to animals, spirits and sacred rocks (sieidi, SaaN) were also considered to be able to interact with people. Animals were an important part of offering rituals because livelihood and rituals were intertwined. Past “religions” are used as an inspiration for contemporary shamanistic practices, in line with one of late modernity’s core concepts, namely creativity. Present-day shamanistic practices can be described as ritual creativity, and they combine traces of old and new ritual activities. At the shamanistic festival Isogaisa, organized in northern Norway, these different roles of animals and ritual creativity become evident. Here, animals appear as spirit animals, as well as decorative elements on drums and clothes and as performance. In this paper, we combine material culture studies, interview data, and participatory observations in order to reflect the meanings and use of power animals in contemporary spiritual practices. How are traces of the past used in creating contemporary spirituality? How are animals and their artistic presentations entangled in contemporary shamanism? |
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