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Funeral customs of the Yakut
Globus • 59 • Published In 1891 • Pages: 81-85
By: Priklonski, Vasilij, Hoenigswald.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Priklonski lived among the Yakut for a number of years in preparation for writing ethnological studies that were published during the latter part of the last century. Although there is included here no information concerning the field date for his study of the tribe, it is known from his book entitled THREE YEARS IN THE YAKUTSK TERRITORY that he lived in the region of the Yakut and had the opportunity to observe the tribe first-hand. Priklonski's article included here is concerned with the role of the shaman in curing illnesses among the people; the attitude and beliefs of the Yakut in connection with sickness and with death; and the Yakut funeral and burial customs, with particular emphasis upon the graves of different types to be found among this people. This is an informative article on funeral customs despite its short length. The entire article has been included in the files. Of especial interest is the page of drawings illustrating the types of graves of the Yakut.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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
- Vasilij Priklonski
- Translation from the German of: Totengebräuche der Jakuten.
- The original German text is not included.
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translated for HRAF by Mr. Hoenigswald
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yakut (Turkic people)