Rivers as a spatial, social and ritual system of orientation among the Evenks of southeastern Siberia

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Lavrillier, Alexandra
• Other Authors: Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat (CEARC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Italian
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: domestic space; dual economy; geography of shamanic spirits; reindeer herding; river; wild area; économie double; élevage de renne; espace domestique; espace sauvage; géographie des esprits chamaniques; rivière; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; Renne; Evenk; Evenks; Toungouse*; renne; Siberia
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01872914; https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.779

International audience The Evenks, previously known as Tungus, are essentially reindeer herders and hunters. They live in small groups scattered throughout Siberia and in the north of China. Since the first travelers, for whom they served as guides, the Evenks are well known in the literature for th...