Kesytetty mammutti
The article discusses the role of the mammoth in Siberian indigenous oral traditions focusing on Nenets mythology and shamanism. While the mammoth remains are typically attached to water-related gigantic beings in Siberian indigenous traditions, Nenets imagine the bones and tusks in terms of reindee...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/333508 2024-01-07T09:44:51+01:00 Kesytetty mammutti Domesticated mammoth Lukin, Karina Kulttuurien osasto Tiedekunnan yhteiset (Humanistinen tiedekunta) Folkloristiikka 2021-08-24T14:06:01Z 5 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333508 fin fin Suomen Geologinen Seura Kone Foundation Lukin , K 2021 , ' Kesytetty mammutti ' , Geologi , Vuosikerta. 73 , Nro 3 , Sivut 88-92 . ORCID: /0000-0002-4085-2721/work/98919643 78b8c604-8f33-4881-bc97-085724b1b2b1 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333508 unspecified openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 6160 Muut humanistiset tieteet Artikkeli publishedVersion 2021 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:13:00Z The article discusses the role of the mammoth in Siberian indigenous oral traditions focusing on Nenets mythology and shamanism. While the mammoth remains are typically attached to water-related gigantic beings in Siberian indigenous traditions, Nenets imagine the bones and tusks in terms of reindeer. On the one hand, there are narratives that tell about sihirtya, otherworldly beings living underground and having mammoth as their herd. On the other, Nenets shamans call mammoths to act as their helping spirits, when they want to visit the Underworld. In both images, the mammoth remains are interpreted in terms of reindeer, i.e., as a herd with which either sihirtya or the Nenets share space and interact. Additionally, the mythic images affect these views so that the mammoths are imagined as otherworldly living beings that can cross the borders of this and the other world and have an impact on our lives. Article in Journal/Newspaper nenets HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository |
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The article discusses the role of the mammoth in Siberian indigenous oral traditions focusing on Nenets mythology and shamanism. While the mammoth remains are typically attached to water-related gigantic beings in Siberian indigenous traditions, Nenets imagine the bones and tusks in terms of reindeer. On the one hand, there are narratives that tell about sihirtya, otherworldly beings living underground and having mammoth as their herd. On the other, Nenets shamans call mammoths to act as their helping spirits, when they want to visit the Underworld. In both images, the mammoth remains are interpreted in terms of reindeer, i.e., as a herd with which either sihirtya or the Nenets share space and interact. Additionally, the mythic images affect these views so that the mammoths are imagined as otherworldly living beings that can cross the borders of this and the other world and have an impact on our lives. |
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Kone Foundation Lukin , K 2021 , ' Kesytetty mammutti ' , Geologi , Vuosikerta. 73 , Nro 3 , Sivut 88-92 . ORCID: /0000-0002-4085-2721/work/98919643 78b8c604-8f33-4881-bc97-085724b1b2b1 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333508 |
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