Shamanism from east to west /
Translations, usually from Italian, of 15 essays in which Musi (Finno-Ugric philology, U. of Bologna) touches on several problems of shamanism, including the doubling of the shaman's soul, fire and water rites of passage, shamanism in western Europe and among North American Indians, and portray...
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Budapest :
Akadémiai Kiadó,
[1997], ©1997
Budapest : Akadémiai Kiadó, c1997 Budapest : ©1997 Budapest : c1997 Budapest : [1997] |
| Series: | Bibliotheca shamanistica ;
v. 4 Bibliotheca shamanistica [v.] 4 |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / Mihaly Hoppal
- Introduction (starting p. 1)
- "Double" and "Passage" in Euroasiatic Shamanism (starting p. 3)
- The "Doubling" of the Finno-Ugric and Siberian Shaman's Soul (starting p. 3)
- Notes on Fire and Water in Rites of "Passage" in Euroasiatic Shamanism (starting p. 6)
- Shamanism in Western Europe (starting p. 11)
- Finno-Ugric Shamanism and European Magic (A Proposal for Comparative Research) (starting p. 11)
- The Finno-Ugric Shaman-Craftsman and the Western European Magician-Craftsman (starting p. 21)
- Finno-Ugric Shamanism and the Western European World of Magic: the Ambivalent Nature of the Workers of Sacred Acts (starting p. 28)
- Tree Worship in Finno-Ugric and West European Popular Tradition (starting p. 32)
- Creatures of the Natural World in Finno-Ugric Shamanism and Western European Animism (starting p. 42)
- Studies on the Beliefs and Myths of the Finno-Ugrians in the New European Historical Context (starting p. 48)
- From the Old Sources (starting p. 56)
- Finno-Ugric Shamanic Beliefs and Traditions in Three Important 13th Century Sources (starting p. 56)
- Shamanism and Magic in a 16th Century Chronicle (starting p. 60)
- Shamanism and Vampirism in the Dissertazioni of Calmet (starting p. 66)
- Shamanic Practices of the Finno-Ugric Peoples in Giulio Ferrario's Il Costume Antico e Moderno (starting p. 72)
- Aspects of Asian-Uralic Shamanism in the Writings of 19th Century Travellers (starting p. 79)
- The Shamanism of the North American Indians (starting p. 86)
- Some Connections between Finno-Ugric and North American Indian Shamanism (starting p. 86)
- Death and Funeral Practices in Finno-Ugric and North American Shamanism (starting p. 92)
- Index (starting p. 99)
- Preface / Mihaly Hoppal
- "Double" and "Passage" in Euroasiatic Shamanism The "Doubling" of the Finno-Ugric and Siberian Shaman's Soul. Notes on Fire and Water in Rites of "Passage" in Euroasiatic Shamanism
- Shamanism in Western Europe. Finno-Ugric Shamanism and European Magic (A Proposal for Comparative Research). The Finno-Ugric Shaman-Craftsman and the Western European Magician-Craftsman. Finno-Ugric Shamanism and the Western European World of Magic: the Ambivalent Nature of the Workers of Sacred Acts. Tree Worship in Finno-Ugric and West European Popular Tradition. Creatures of the Natural World in Finno-Ugric Shamanism and Western European Animism. Studies on the Beliefs and Myths of the Finno-Ugrians in the New European Historical Context
- From the Old Sources. Finno-Ugric Shamanic Beliefs and Traditions in Three Important 13th Century Sources. Shamanism and Magic in a 16th Century Chronicle. Shamanism and Vampirism in the Dissertazioni of Calmet. Shamanic Practices of the Finno-Ugric Peoples in Giulio Ferrario's Il Costume Antico e Moderno. Aspects of Asian-Uralic Shamanism in the Writings of 19th Century Travellers
- The Shamanism of the North American Indians. Some Connections between Finno-Ugric and North American Indian Shamanism. Death and Funeral Practices in Finno-Ugric and North American Shamanism.