Shamans and Elders: Experience, Knowledge, and Power Among the Daur Mongols
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This work is a ground breaking study of Mongolian shamanism and society, past and present. Lavishly illustrated and containing a wealth of new information, it presents a fresh understanding of the widespread phenomenon of shamanism. It looks at gender and ritual, female shamans and goddess
worship, death and funeral rituals, the importance of old men and ancestors, and Daur notions of landscape within their direct experience and beyond.
worship, death and funeral rituals, the importance of old men and ancestors, and Daur notions of landscape within their direct experience and beyond.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198280688
ISBN13:9780198280682
Release Date:May 1996
Publisher:Clarendon Press
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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