Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China I (eBook, ePUB)

Shamanic Deities and Rituals
Redaktion: Yuguang, Fu / Übersetzer: Yanjun, Liang; Ying, Liu

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This ethnological study investigates shamanic rituals, myths and lore in northern China. The first volume discusses the spiritual world of northern Shamanism and investigates the various rituals including ancestor worship, fertility, nature deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature and shrines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000295580
• Artikelnr.: 60657044

Autorenporträt

Fu Yuguang, a native Manchu scholar of shamanic and Manchu studies from the Jilin Institute for Ethnology, has been committed to ethnological and anthropological research on the myths, rituals, and cultures of Altaic peoples in northern China for over fifty years and published many influential works.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Spirit World of Northern Shamanism 3. Nature Worship 4. Ancestor and Fertility Worship 5. Blood Sacrifice and Fire Rituals 6. Rituals for Nature Deities 7. Tangse and Jia Rituals