Mansi Mythology

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The Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies offers a basis for the _ i': study of the roots and present character of Finnb-Ugrian'¦--j^;!:

and Samoyedic ethnic religions, mythologies and fol^íoíe.^ Mythology is understood here in the broad sense, .mcWyig Xri^ -not only myths proper but also the field of ethnic religion, V V - by including beliefs and connected rituals, magic practices
and their specialists. The volumes offer information about H the people in question and give reference lists for basic scien-tifie works and archives. The central part of each volume is
pist the" dictionary-of mytíiólógicaL terms for the tradition con-
_ _ d?- ' ¦ cerned. An ijadex of mythical concepts is-added po each volume. »
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'This Eook introduces the readers to the itnj'thological tradi-
, tions of tiie Mansi (Voguls) and aims to give an idea of their •
world-view cfeaxed over .'the course of centuries. The Mansi «!^ ¦ ¦ a
' «belong, with... Tovább

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(D Q Í^ S t
(D V t b o I o q V
The Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies offers a basis for the _ i': study of the roots and present character of Finnb-Ugrian'¦--j^;!:

and Samoyedic ethnic religions, mythologies and fol^íoíe.^ Mythology is understood here in the broad sense, .mcWyig Xri^ -not only myths proper but also the field of ethnic religion, V V - by including beliefs and connected rituals, magic practices
and their specialists. The volumes offer information about H the people in question and give reference lists for basic scien-tifie works and archives. The central part of each volume is
pist the" dictionary-of mytíiólógicaL terms for the tradition con-
_ _ d?- ' ¦ cerned. An ijadex of mythical concepts is-added po each volume. »
' M- f ' • • ' I,
'This Eook introduces the readers to the itnj'thological tradi-
, tions of tiie Mansi (Voguls) and aims to give an idea of their •
world-view cfeaxed over .'the course of centuries. The Mansi «!^ ¦ ¦ a
' «belong, with the Kh^nty (Ostyaks) and Samoyeds, to the * V
.iV indigenous peoples, of" Nortkwest Siberia. The nearest lia-; y- guistic relatives of the Q^-Ugfians (Mansi and Khanty) are
Hungarians living, iriiiientral Europe. The rich culture of the" "" : Mansi provides valuabíe materials for research on language .i . ' and mythology.f g . • . , ^
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"The introduction to Mansi Mythology contains two parti^


i^é^fîrst part is devoted to a sumniar)^of Mansi history in ^tjtlic second^illennium AD, to the description of thé main tradltiônaif ways of life of the Mansi, and to the problem of the adaptation'of the peoplcTo^the circumstances of soicio-

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economic change at the end of the twentieth centugr. The i
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second part describes the essential points of the Mansi world-view and reveals the main principles of the construction of . a mythological systeni. -







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The mythological systeni reflected in mytj^^imd^cpic-'Y poetry. To illuminate Mansi mythic poetry, the editors of »a
The Encyclopedia af Uratic Mythologies have added a selection of - 'f ^^^ansi poems to^^ end of the volume,




The cditors-in-chiei tKe Encyclopaedia are Professor



Hungarian Aíaácmy of Sciences) and Professor Vlâdiniits,; ^
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Napolskikh (Udmurt State University).^; ^ .
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