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Spirits as 'ready to hand': a phenomenological analysis of Yukaghir spiritual knowledge and dreaming
Anthropological theory • 4 (4) • Published In 2004 • Pages: 395-418
By: Willerslev, Rane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of the Yukaghir understanding of the spiritual world focuses on how spirits are believed to be encountered and embodied in the everyday experiences of hunters and trappers. The main argument is that there is no coherent body of spiritual knowledge shared by all members of society. Instead, individuals invoked the help of particular spirits based on their own varied experiences of them, including in dreams. The author underscores the absence of widely shared names for the many spirits, broadly asserting that concept of spirits can and does exist independent of language.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Ethnozoology
- Ethnopsychology
- Drives and emotions
- Animism
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Transmission of beliefs
- Religious experience
- 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
- 1993-2000
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1993-2000
- 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. 415-418)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001229436
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yukaghir