Shamanism in Norse Myth and Magic: The peoples of Eurasia (Finno-Ugric peoples; Samoyed peoples; Keltic peoples; Mongolic peoples; Tungusic peoples; Nivkhs; Yukagirs; North-eastern palaeosiatics; Eskimo-Aleut peoples; Ainus); Source texts (Eurasian; Norse and other texts related to Germanic traditions
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" ... presents the main features of Siberian shamanism, as they are relevant for comparison with Norse sources, and examines the Norse texts in detail to determine how far it is reasonable to assign a label of "shamanism" to the human and divine magical practices of pre-Christian Scandinavia, whose existence, it is argued, in many cases resides mainly in the imaginative tradition of the poets." -- Back cover.
Page Count:
875
Publication Date:
2009-01-01
ISBN-10:
9514110285
ISBN-13:
9789514110283
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