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Not animal, not NOT-animal: hunting, imitation and empathetic knowledge among the Siberian Yukaghirs
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) • 10 (3) • Published In 2004 • Pages: 629-652
By: Willerslev, Rane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Among the Yukaghir it is commonly believed that hunter and prey can temporarily share bodies. This study draws on mythologies and shared phenomenological experiences that informed such a belief. Effective hunting requires that the hunter impersonate the behaviors and perspectives of the animal being pursued. The hunter needs to recognize that the prey will likewise try to evade death by assuming the perspective of human predators. The ability to take on such a “double perspective” is facilitated by the belief that animals, like humans, are animated by souls.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Ethnozoology
- Ethnopsychology
- Animism
- Mythology
- Fauna
- Cosmology
- Spirits and gods
- Ethnoanatomy
- Revelation and divination
- Avoidance and taboo
- Drives and emotions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yukaghir
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1999-2000
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1999-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeastern Sakha Republic, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rane Willerslev
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 650-651)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95660943
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yukaghir