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Based on 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 Qing
Dynasty times, 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.
The book discusses the spiritual world of northern Shamanism and
investigates the various shamanic rituals, divination, spirit idols
and myths, illuminating how worship and ideas are imbedded in and
interweave with the indigenous environment, culture and history of
people in northern China. This mythic heritage embodies the
peoples' understanding of the natural world, the creation of
humankind, social life and history as well as their interaction
with their surroundings. It is shown that shamanic spirituality in
northern China is characterised 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 for scholars of religion and
anthropologists as well as ethnologists in the fields of Shamanism
studies, Northeast Asian folklore and Manchu studies.
1. This study gives book readers a broader understanding of what
engagement with a literary text historically is, not just a private
reading experience, but a living, every changing communal oral
experience. 2. The book shifts the basic focus of epic studies from
the codified texts of standard Western epics to the living
tradition of generally unknown Mongol oral heroic epics and from
isolated textual analysis to investigations of the creative
interaction of singer and audience in a live performance. 3. It
provides literature students with reference material about modern
oral poetic research as focused on a work’s content, narrative
scale, social dimensions, cultural significance, performance
strategies and modes of transmission. 4. It provides researchers of
oral poetry and communication with theoretical approaches and
practical guidelines for field and textual investigations based on
relationships between inherited text and performance, performer and
audience. 5. It provides seasoned epic scholars with first-hand
information on Mongol oral epic, especially on lengthy epics’
structures and incorporation of smaller poems, on singers’
innovative use of traditional material, and on the strengths and
weaknesses of Chinese oral epic research.
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. Drawing from numerous oral myths, ancient
documents, and archaeological findings, this first volume discusses
the spiritual world of northern shamanism and investigates the
various rituals, including ancestor worship, fertility, nature
deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature, and
shrines. The book illuminates how these rituals and worships,
animism, and ideas of the soul are imbedded in and interweave with
the indigenous environment, culture, and history of the clans and
people of northern China. 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.
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.
1. This study gives book readers a broader understanding of what
engagement with a literary text historically is, not just a private
reading experience, but a living, every changing communal oral
experience. 2. The book shifts the basic focus of epic studies from
the codified texts of standard Western epics to the living
tradition of generally unknown Mongol oral heroic epics and from
isolated textual analysis to investigations of the creative
interaction of singer and audience in a live performance. 3. It
provides literature students with reference material about modern
oral poetic research as focused on a work's content, narrative
scale, social dimensions, cultural significance, performance
strategies and modes of transmission. 4. It provides researchers of
oral poetry and communication with theoretical approaches and
practical guidelines for field and textual investigations based on
relationships between inherited text and performance, performer and
audience. 5. It provides seasoned epic scholars with first-hand
information on Mongol oral epic, especially on lengthy epics'
structures and incorporation of smaller poems, on singers'
innovative use of traditional material, and on the strengths and
weaknesses of Chinese oral epic research.
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.
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. Drawing from numerous oral myths, ancient
documents, and archaeological findings, this first volume discusses
the spiritual world of northern shamanism and investigates the
various rituals, including ancestor worship, fertility, nature
deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature, and
shrines. The book illuminates how these rituals and worships,
animism, and ideas of the soul are imbedded in and interweave with
the indigenous environment, culture, and history of the clans and
people of northern China. 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.
Based on 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 Qing
Dynasty times, 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.
The book discusses the spiritual world of northern Shamanism and
investigates the various shamanic rituals, divination, spirit idols
and myths, illuminating how worship and ideas are imbedded in and
interweave with the indigenous environment, culture and history of
people in northern China. This mythic heritage embodies the
peoples' understanding of the natural world, the creation of
humankind, social life and history as well as their interaction
with their surroundings. It is shown that shamanic spirituality in
northern China is characterised 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 for scholars of religion and
anthropologists as well as ethnologists in the fields of Shamanism
studies, Northeast Asian folklore and Manchu studies.
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