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Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China II - Shamanic Divination, Myths, and Idols (Paperback)
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Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China II - Shamanic Divination, Myths, and Idols (Paperback)
Series: China Perspectives
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On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of
field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful
religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to
the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the
legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study
investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China
and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the
region's cultures. This second volume focuses on northern shamanic
divination, spirit idols, and folklore covering the myths of the
Manchu-Tungus, Manchu creation shrine tales, and individual tribal
myths. This mythic heritage helps identify shared patterns of
thought among the ethnic peoples of northern China; points to
cultural integration with Buddhist, Daoist, and Han Chinese
cultures; and shows their understand of the natural world, the
creation of humankind, social life, and history and their
interactions with their surroundings. In this regard, shamanic
spirituality in northern China is characterized by functionality
and practicality in daily life situations, in contrast to the
received wisdom that defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural
spirit journey. The book will be of great value to scholars of
religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists in the fields
of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and Manchu studies.
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