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
• Other Authors: Vilnius University Vilnius, Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat (CEARC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Evenki; reindeer herding; hunting; Transbaikal region; Buryatia; narrative; spirits; monsters; cannibalism; morality; Évenk; élevage du renne; chasse; Transbaïkalie; Bouriatie; récit; esprits; monstres; cannibalisme; moralité; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; Renne; renne; Siberia
• Online Access: https://uvsq.hal.science/hal-04437778; https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.3441

International audience 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 ha...