Ngytarma and Ngamteru: Concepts of the Dead and (Non)Interactions with Them in Northern Siberia
This article examines some features of the mythological beliefs and funeral rites of Siberia’s two related Uralic peoples—the Nenets and the Nganasans. The afterlife fate in the mythology of Nenets and Nganasans is similar—the souls of the dead go to the Lower World, where they continue to live as t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2024
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Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 6 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ancestor worship
B funeral rites B Nenets B Uralic peoples B substitutional incarnation B Beliefs B theories of illness B children’s dolls B Nganasans |
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