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Shamanism among the Yakut
Mittheilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien • Wien • Published In 1888 • Pages: 165-182
By: Priklonski, Vasilij, Krauss, Friedrich S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Krauss made no attempt to correct any discrepancies found in the original which, he says, can be generally relied upon for its accuracy. Priklonskij not only observed the customs that he wrote about, but also backed up his observations with the important literature on the subject. No dates are given for Priklonsky's field work, and no specific information is to be had here about the original author of this work. The entire article, with the exception of the Introduction as translated by Dr. Krauss and retranslated from German into English for HRAF, is included here.||This is a valuable document covering thoroughly the shaman of the Yakut, from dress and ornamentation to initiation ceremonies and ceremonial activities that go along with his changed position in Yakut society. There is information on the origin of the shamans and on the spirits with whom they hold communion, a long list of which is included here. Of particular interest is the contention of the author that the Yakut are caught mid-stream--they have lost the absolute faith in their old spirits, yet they are not capable of comprehending yet the monotheism of Christianity. As a result, shamanism exists along side of Christianity, though it has taken over more in the realm of medicine, fortune-telling, and magic. Hence, the author attempts to prove his thesis that Yakut shamanism now has taken over the practical needs of everyday life, while Christianity is the generally accepted theological position of the people; yet the two must necessarily coexist, since the Yakut has need of both beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yakut
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- North Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- RCH ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
- NotesAdditional notes
- V. L. Priklonskij ; Friedrich S. Krauss, translator
- Translation from the German of: Das Schamanentum der Jakuten.
- Originally published: Mittheilungen der Anthropologische Gesellschaft in Vienna, 1888 as a translation from an article originally written in Russian and published in: Izvestia-Sibirskago Otdjela Imperator Russkago Geograficeskago Obscestva, Vol. XVII, nos. 1-2, Irkutsk, 1886.
- The original Russian text is not included.
- The German translation is not included.
- This document consists of excerpts
- Omitted from files: introduction
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yakut (Turkic people)