Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China II: Shamanic Divination, Myths, and Idols

ISBN-13: 9780367676544 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 182 str.

Fu Yuguang

Opis

Based on materials gathered through decades of field research and fleshed out with author’s insightful observations, this ethnological study looks into shamanic divination, spirit idols and mythic heritage in northern China, revealing that the shamanic spirituality in northern China is characterised by functionality and practicality.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Northern Shamanic Divination  3. The Northern Mythic Heritage  4. The Manchu Creation Myth "War in Heaven"  5. Tribal Myths and Ancestor Worship  6. Spirit Idols  7. The Northern Shaman

O autorze

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.