RT Article
T1 Embodiment of Ancestral Spirits, the Social Interface, and Ritual Ceremonies: Construction of the Shamanic Landscape among the Daur in North China
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 8
A1 Qu, Feng 1980-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1772409480
AB The case study in this paper is on the Daur (as well as the Evenki, Buriat, and Bargu Mongols) in Hulun Buir, Northeast China. The aim of this research is to examine how shamanic rituals function as a conduit to actualize communications between the clan members and their shaman ancestors. Through examinations and observations of Daur and other Indigenous shamanic rituals in Northeast China, this paper argues that the human construction of the shamanic landscape brings humans, other-than-humans, and things together into social relations in shamanic ontologies. Inter-human metamorphosis is crucial to Indigenous self-conceptualization and identity. Through rituals, ancestor spirits are active actors involved in almost every aspect of modern human social life among these Indigenous peoples.
K1 Daur shamanism
K1 embodiment of ancestral spirits
K1 inter-human metamorphosis
K1 ritual ceremony
K1 shamanic landscape
K1 social interface
DO 10.3390/rel12080567