Uralic

Sacred texts and translations from the shamanic, ritual, and folk-sacred traditions of the Finno-Ugric, Samoyedic, and Permian peoples — Mansi, Udmurt, Sami, Finnish, Hungarian, and more.

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  • Ethnological Lectures — Matthias Alexander CastrénEthnological overview of the Samoyed peoples and five Samoyed fairy tales from the posthumous lectures of Finnish linguist M.A. Castrén (1857), translated from German into English for the first time.
  • Introduction to Uralic Sacred TraditionsAn introduction to the sacred traditions of the Uralic peoples — from the bear cults of the Ob-Ugrians and the living paganism of the Mari to the noaidi drums of the Sami and the táltos flights of the Hungarians — spanning the taiga, the tundra, and the steppe.
  • Shamanism in Siberia — M.A. CzaplickaAn excerpt from Aboriginal Siberia (1914) by M.A. Czaplicka, documenting shamanic practices, beliefs, and rituals among the indigenous peoples of Siberia including the Chukchee, Koryak, Yakut, Buryat, and other tribes.