The wild at home and the magic of contact. Stories about wild animals and spirits from Amudisy Evenki hunters and reindeer herders

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Simonova, Veronika V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centre d'Etudes Mongoles & Sibériennes / École Pratique des Hautes Études 2018
• Subjects: Évenk; Russie; élevage du renne; chasse; animaux; sauvage; récit; relations humains-animaux; Evenki; Russia; reindeer herding; hunting; wild; animals; narrative; human-animal interactions; anthro-se; hist; Renne; renne; Siberia
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/emscat/3505

This paper is about human-animal spiritual relations among Amudisy Evenki hunters and reindeer herders of Kalar district (Zabaikal region) in Siberia. Based on narratives describing the practice of bringing wild animals into human places, this anthropological study examines the network of relations...