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Soul suckers: vampiric shamans in northern Kamchatka, Russia
Anthropology of consciousness • 10 (4) • Published In 1999 • Pages: 57-68
By: King, Alexander D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, King analyzes the discourse on blood sucking, soul eating, energy draining spirits and shamans, and relates it to the post-cold war economic downturn and embezzling by local officials.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sorcery
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Burial practices and funerals
- Eschatology
- Purification and atonement
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Koryaks
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1995-1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1995-1998
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Koryak Autonomous District, Kamchatka Province, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alexander D. King
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-68)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 93095330
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koryaks