The horse by the Yakut hunters and herders: from the mount to the cultural symbol

• Main Author: Maj, Emilie
• Other Authors: Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (GSRL), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole pratique des hautes études - EPHE PARIS, Roberte Hamayon([e-mail]), collaboration France-Hongrie (reponsable Virginie Vaté)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: horse; domestication; religion; shamanism; Yakut; Siberia; beliefs; breeding; hunting; chamanisme; croyances; Sibérie; Iakoute; élevage; chasse; cheval; phil; litt; Alaas; Evelyne; iakoute; iakoutes; lena river; taiga; Yakuts
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00311117/file/THESE_Emilie_Maj_THESE_Cheval_chez_les_Iakoute.pdf; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00311117

In the North-East of Siberia, the Yakuts, who arrived from the Baikal region less than seven centuries ago, raise horses and cattle in the alaas, in the valleys and the taiga on the lower course of the Lena river. The bibliography in Russian language concerning this people is rich and includes narra...