Mihály Hoppál

Gábor Kósa

This volume is based on a conference on shamanic heritage that took place at the Hungarian Culture Foundation, Budapest, in April 2000. Some two dozen experts came together from Korea, the US, Russia, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Hungary. The meeting was a success in terms of scholarly debates and genuine presentations including some film documents on shamanic rituals from different cultures. In the course of discussions, the cultural value of shamanism has been re-evaluated as the heritage of humanity, the important source of performing arts, and a reservoir of traditional knowledge.

Rediscovery of Shamanic Heritage

Anna-Leena Siikala

I. N. (Izmail Nukhovich) Gemuev

Mansi mythology

Natalya A. Tuchkova

Selkup mythology

Shaman Traditions in Transition

In this book the authors made a selection of their essays concerning Siberian/Eurasian shamanism. The strong emphasis on the comparative approach which stresses the different historical forms of shamanism distinguishes this contribution from other studies on the subject.The eight essays of Part I are arranged under the following headings: Siberian and Inner Asian Shamanism; The Siberian Shaman's Technique of Ecstasy; Two Types of Shamanizing and Categories of Shamanic Songs; Finnish Rock Art, Animal Ceremonialism and Shamanic World-view Singing of Incantation in Nordic Tradition; Shamanic Themes in Finnish Epic Poetry; Shamanic Knowledge and Mythical Images by Anna-Leena Siikala.In Part 2, Mihaly Hoppal summarizes his essays in the following chapters: Shamanism: An Arctic and/or Recent System of Beliefs; On the Origin of Shamanism and the Siberian Rock Art; Pain in Shamanic Initiation; Traces of Shamanism in Hungarian Folk Beliefs; The Role of Shamanism in Hungarian Ethnic Identity; Changing Image of the Eurasian Shamanism; Ethnographic Films on Shamanism; Urban Shamans: A Cultural Revival.

Studies on Shamanism

Vilmos Diószegi

Folk Beliefs and Shamanistic Traditions in Siberia

Mihály Hoppál

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